Re: [squid-users] Separate machines for cache and bandwodth management?

On Tuesday 12 August 2003 13.15, ads squid wrote:

> Is it necessary to have separate machines for cache
> server and separate for bandwidth management(may be
> acl/delay pools handling, ect.) OR single machine
> squid installed acting as cache server and handling
> CAL's and delay pools is O.K.?

Most use a single Squid for the purpose.

> How many concurrent users this machine can handle? Is
> it O K. for 60 concurrent users (that is 20 % of 300
> total users)?

How man users depends on the type of users and their frequency of
internet use, but a properly configured Squid can handle a couple of
thousand concurrent users (tenths of thousands of office users) with
a machine not too different from yours (just a couple of more
harddrives and maybe a little more memory), so I would say you are
very fine for the number of users you have, probably way overkill
even.

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