Re: Cache size hints?

On Sat, 25 Mar 2000, Juha Saarinen wrote:

> Is there a good rule of thumb for how to size the Squid cache
> according to bandwidth and users? I've got a 5.7Mbps downstream ADSL
> connection (the actual network can support ~3.5Mbps sustained) and
> four simultaneous users max. I'm running with a 200MB disk cache at
> the moment, using 16MB memory. Not sure how to check the cache
> utilisation.

To check the effectiveness of your cache, look at the general information
page of cachemgr.cgi.

The consensus seems to be that your cache should be large enough to store
between 3 and 10 days worth of traffic in order to provide the optimum
benefit - thus, rather than worrying about the number of users, you should
look at the amount of data being retrieved. Although, for four users with
a DSL, one might very well wonder if a caching proxy server is worth your
while - your time might very well be better spent elsewhere.

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