Re: [squid-users] Recommended Hardware for my setup

Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:

>On 14.06 11:39, Jason Williams wrote:
>
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>>I do have a 'desktop' type box with the following specs on it:
>>
>>-1.8ghz Athlon CPU
>>-1gig DDR Ram
>>-1 80 gig IDE drive.
>>
>>Nothing fancy, but it might work. I'd like a 1U solution, but if this
>>fits the bill, it is something I definitely could work with.
>>I priced a Dell Power Edge 750, with a 2.4ghz, 512mb RAM, 40gig drive,
>>1U for about $500. If I can avoid that, I will though so i can save some
>>cash.
>>
>>
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>both should be enough, however I'd advise a bit more RAM for both cases,
>expecially if you are going to do more than just proxying there.
>
>The CPU is not that important, unless you have large ACL lists and can't
>optimize them, or don't do _hard_ content filtering.
>
>I'd prefer the first configuration and it should be enough for squid and
>filters too.
>
>
>
I just double checked the first configuration here.
1.8ghz CPU
1.5gig DDR RAM.
80 gig IDE Drive (although, curious enough, FreeBSD only sees 33gigs of
it.)

Anyway, I might go with that solution. Nothing fancy, but shoud
suffice.I may try and build a similar box for backup purposes.

BTW, anyone here use additional plugins for web/content filtering?
Something like:

http://www.safesquid.com
http://dansguardian.org

I need something to block against all the spyware crap that can
instantly be installed on users machines. Drives me nutz.

Thanks,

Jason
Received on Wed Jun 15 2005 - 10:43:13 MDT