RE: What is the capacity of a Squid server?

> From: Bill Delphenich [SMTP:bdelph@krjda.com]
>
> I am considering using Squid as my proxy server for HTTP and FTP for my
>
        Squid is an FTP to HTTP gateway, not an FTP proxy.

> company LAN. I have a Caldera Linux v2.2 test server running Squid and
> IP Masquerading and I have a few users accessing the Internet with it
> just fine.
>
> My concern is the maximum capacity of this server. I haven't been able
> to find any information about this anywhere. Is it asking too much to
> send 25 or 30 users through this server every day, including some fairly
>
        That's very small - you probably won't even need to increase
        the maximum number of file descriptors in the kernel with that
        load! (I'm supporting this number of users, but not all
        continuously accessing the web, on a 486, but most of the
        people on this list are probably ISPs.)
        
> sizeable FTP uploads and downloads? Should I be looking at something
> more "industrial-strength"?
>
>
Received on Wed Sep 29 1999 - 09:29:17 MDT