RE: RE: [squid-users] What hardware shou

Erik,

        Based upon the number of users that you have mentioned, I would consider
at least two machines with Dual processors and at least 2GB of RAM in
each machine. At least two Hard Drives should be in each system as well.
One hard drive; will be for the Operating System and the other hard
drive; for the Squid Cache and log files.

        You may wish to consider very fast SCSI drives, although the price will
increase drastically. Although, with 8000 users, I am certain that you
have more funds available for this task than I do.

        Having more than one NIC installed in the machine could also prove to be
very useful. One should be configured for the external network connection
and the other should be configured for responding to client requests.
This can help alleviate any bottlenecks that you might have.

        Other than that, there isn't anything else that I can think of as being
a very important need. The rest of the system can be built pretty much
how you would feel comfortable with it.

        Good Luck,
        Rob

>Another question, what means "network short" in your reply?

The term "Selling <something> short" means to go with much less than you
actually need to get the job done.

Regards,
Robert Adkins
IT Manager/Buyer
IMPEL Industries, Inc.
Office: 586-254-5800

 -----Original Message-----
From: maillist151@sohu.com [mailto:maillist151@sohu.com]
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 9:43 PM
To: Robert Adkins
Cc: squid-users@squid-cache.org
Subject: Re:RE: [squid-users] What hardware should S

Thanks, Robert pal!

We have not planed our budget, we simply want to
ask others which hardwares should we buy. Then, we
will consider our plan and budget. Yes, I am looking
into using commodity x86 compatible hardware.

Do you have any detailed suggestions?

Another question, what means "network short" in your
reply?

Cheers,
Erik

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Adkins
To: maillist151@sohu.com ;mailinglistsquid-users@squid-cache.org
;squid-users@squid-cache.org
Subject: RE: [squid-users] What hardware should S
Sent: Fri Jul 12 21:07:00 CST 2002

> Erik,
>
> I would suggest starting with at least half of what the high-end of
your
> budget would allow. Then you can get the system up and running and make
    

> adjustments up, if needed. Of course, I am imagining that you are
looking
> into using commodity x86 compatible hardware. If you are looking at
> higher end proprietary systems, I am unable to offer any advice.
>
> I do know that you never want to spend too much money; then again you
    

> also never want to sell your network short. If you find that half of
what
> your high-end of the budget will be adequate, spend a little more on
some
> extra RAM to account for unusual bursts of usage and also to leave a
> little room for growth.
>
> You may want to consider using multiple machines peered to one
another,
> that setup is quite commonly recommended on this list for sites that
have
> around 500 users. Of course, that need would highly depend on the
> critical nature of net access for your site. If it is something that
can
> be done without for a few hours to a day, then one or two machines will
    

> be adequate.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Regards,
> Robert Adkins
> IT Manager/Buyer
> IMPEL Industries, Inc.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: maillist151@sohu.com [mailto:maillist151@sohu.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 8:42 PM
> To: mailinglistsquid-users@squid-cache.org;
squid-users@squid-cache.org;
> Robert Adkins
> Cc: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> Subject: [squid-users] What hardware should Squid have?
>
>
>
> Hi, pals!
>
> I want to use Squid to server for a network
> that has about 8000 users. (I use NCSA auth method.)
>
> How many RAM and disk space should I have?
> What is the recommended hardware configuration?
>
> Cheers,
> Erik
>
Received on Fri Jul 12 2002 - 08:15:54 MDT