Re: [gentoo-user] squid-cache for an internet-cafe

[Tim Igoe]

Gentoo Shadow wrote:
> dear friends,
>
> i have a small Internet cafe in my home town. so it powered by a 128Kbps
> leased line. but its speed is vary from time to time. so i decide to
> deploy a squid-cache server. i already have a spare p3 800Mhz,256MB
> SD-RAM,40GB 7200rpm hdd machine. so
>
> 1) is this configurations enough for my deployment? if not pls advice me
> to implement a good cache server.

Yes, this type of machine is easily enough to run a small squid cache on.
>
> 2) is it possible to take an advantage by deploying a squid-cache server
> for an Internet cafe?
Yes it, especially as quite a few users will probably using hte same
sites, thus it will certainly save you re-downloading the images for
each machine
(things like hotmail etc will be commonly used)

It will save some of the connection, but might not be overly visible

Use something like squid-graph and check the cache hit rates etc :)
>
>
> note: all advices are welcome... im less experience with squid-cache
> servers. so pls help me.

A default install of squid should be enough to work, then you can adjust
the settings to meet your needs - the conf is very well commented :)


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