System Requirements

I'm currently looking into proxying solutions, and I noticed that the
recommended configuration on the squid site is PII 300 with SCSI
hard drives (that was listed as of 1998). When I look at the requirements
for Microsoft Proxy Server, they are actually very low (P133 w/ 64RAM
suggested for supporting 0-300 PCs).

I know sys requirements can be very subjective, and the squid site
didn't mention how many desktops that would support, but I'm wondering why
there's such a large gap. Can anyone offer some insight here? What would
I really need on squid to get good performance while supporting about 100
PCs?

Thanks.

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Kevin Ruggiero -- SUNY at Buffalo
                   E-mail: kdr@Buffalo.EDU
                   URL : http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~kdr
Received on Fri Aug 04 2000 - 08:13:21 MDT