Re: Simple ACL Question

increasing the RAM greatly increases the Squid performance.
frequently accessed cached files are stored in RAM for maximum output

On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Justin Willoughby wrote:

> If I don't need all the features of Squid-Guard can I just use its block
> list by itself. Currently I have a
>
> acl blockedsites url_regex "/usr/local/squid/etc/block/filename"
>
> In my squid.conf which only a few hundred lines in it. One of the block
> list that can be downloaded and used with Squid-Guard has a few
> thousand lines. I am just wondering if Squid-Guard is more efferent using
> say the urls file in the blacklist I downloaded then squid's native acl.
>
> The next question I have is... The Squid box I now have is working pretty
> well. Its a P133 with 32 megs of ram. It serves pages to about 45
> computers. I am thinking about uping the ram to 128Megs. Would this be
> worth while? I would assume it would be the most bang for the buck. I don't
> have much money I can use on this box so I am looking for what is most
> worth while. (Its OS is Linux).
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Justin
>
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