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From: Gentoo Shadow <adaptit@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] squid-cache for an internet-cafe
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 19:37:06
Message-Id: f696b57e0510131228w1ee2aaedhcbd0a75ffb6c7f21@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] squid-cache for an internet-cafe by Tim Igoe
1 Thank You! friend
2
3 On 10/14/05, Tim Igoe <tim@×××××××.uk> wrote:
4 >
5 > Gentoo Shadow wrote:
6 > > dear friends,
7 > >
8 > > i have a small Internet cafe in my home town. so it powered by a 128Kbps
9 > > leased line. but its speed is vary from time to time. so i decide to
10 > > deploy a squid-cache server. i already have a spare p3 800Mhz,256MB
11 > > SD-RAM,40GB 7200rpm hdd machine. so
12 > >
13 > > 1) is this configurations enough for my deployment? if not pls advice me
14 > > to implement a good cache server.
15 >
16 > Yes, this type of machine is easily enough to run a small squid cache on.
17 > >
18 > > 2) is it possible to take an advantage by deploying a squid-cache server
19 > > for an Internet cafe?
20 > Yes it, especially as quite a few users will probably using hte same
21 > sites, thus it will certainly save you re-downloading the images for
22 > each machine
23 > (things like hotmail etc will be commonly used)
24 >
25 > It will save some of the connection, but might not be overly visible
26 >
27 > Use something like squid-graph and check the cache hit rates etc :)
28 > >
29 > >
30 > > note: all advices are welcome... im less experience with squid-cache
31 > > servers. so pls help me.
32 >
33 > A default install of squid should be enough to work, then you can adjust
34 > the settings to meet your needs - the conf is very well commented :)
35 >
36 >
37 > hth
38 > >
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