Re: [squid-users] Minimum hardware required to run squid 2.5

Hi,
HAVP, it is suituable for your request,

Regards,

Zhou Zhen

On 5/26/06, Luciano Pereira Areal <lpareal@e4w.com.br> wrote:
> Luciano Pereira Areal wrote:
> > > Hello folks!!
> > >
> > > I?m intending to setup and configure a "little server" to test and run
> > > squid. My question is really simple:
> > >
> > > What is the minimum hardware required to run squid on a Slackware 10.2
> > > box, serving a small network with 20 workstations?
> > >
> > > Any answer or knock in the head will be gladly accepted.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance and regards,
> > > Luciano Pereira Areal
> > >
> > >
>
> > A Pentium 200 with 128 MB of RAM will probably be more than enough. No,
> > I'm not kidding.
> >
> > Really, if it's a new server, look for the cheapest you can buy. The
> > hardware will be mostly idle anyway. 20 workstations is virtually nothing.
> >
> > Don't fall for the Windows / Oracle people, who say that you can't do
> > anything with less than 4 top of the line CPUs. It's only that way because
> > their software stinks.
> >
> >
> > Pedro
> >
> Hi Pedro!
>
> Incredible, huh? Fortunately, we do not need to mount our servers using
> proprietary software. Can you imagine yourself spending more than R$
> 8.000,00 bucks on a shine, brand new "Pentium D 64EE
> Extra-Mint-Super-Duper-Plus++" server, just to run "proxy-cache"? Neither
> me... but this was exactly what my boss would do, until i found a humble
> old-fashioned machine, on the IT-Support Room...
>
> Now, after reading you e-mail, i got this old machine, and i´m running Squid
> 2.5 on a Pentium 133 MHz with 64 Mb RAM and 10 Gb IDE hard drive here. It´s
> amazing how it works flawlessly with Squid... and the CPU usage on "top"
> never goes over 35%... right now, 3 users are using my server and it is
> running about 13,7%...
>
> I pretend to enhance and add more features on this "little kid", just like
> report generators and probably an antivirus. By the way, do you know any
> good antivirus to run joined with squid? Clamav? F-Prot? AVG? Anything? (lol
> :-) )
>
> Thanks for the answer.
>
> Best regards,
> Luciano Pereira Areal
>
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Received on Mon May 29 2006 - 08:31:54 MDT