How big of a system do I need to run Squid?
There are no hard-and-fast rules. The most important resource for Squid is physical memory. Your processor does not need to be ultra-fast. Your disk system will be the major bottleneck, so fast disks are important for high-volume caches. Do not use IDE disks if you can help it. In late 1998, if you are buying a new machine for a cache, I would recommend the following configuration: • 300 MHz Pentium II CPU • 512 MB RAM • Five 9 GB UW-SCSI disks Your system disk, and logfile disk can probably be IDE without losing any cache performance. Also, see Squid Sizing for Intel Platforms by Martin Hamilton This is a very nice page summarizing system configurations people are using for large Squid caches.
There are no hard-and-fast rules. The most important resource for Squid is physical memory. Your processor does not need to be ultra-fast. Your disk system will be the major bottleneck, so fast disks are important for high-volume caches. Do not use IDE disks if you can help it. In late 1998, if you are buying a new machine for a cache, I would recommend the following con guration: • 300 MHz Pentium II CPU • 512 MB RAM • Five 9 GB UW-SCSI disks Your system disk, and log le disk can probably be IDE without losing any cache performance. Also, see Squid Sizing for Intel Platforms http://wwwcache.ja.net/servers/squids.html by Martin Hamilton This is a very nice page summarizing system con gurations people are using for large Squid caches.
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