im doing transparent proxy for about 400 concurrent connections on a box with
a 1 gigahertz p3, 2 gig of ram and 2 36 gig u160 scsi drives in raid0 for
cache (9 gig scsi for operating system). running linux kernel 2.4.19 and
iptables, redirecting from cisco router using wccp. machine works fine.
processor utilization is next to nothing but the ram usage is high. i am
planning to upgrade to 4 gig soon.
make sure you get alot of ram, and good fast disks for the cacheing (scsi
good, ide bad). dont add a second proc because it wont help out at all
unless you run two squid instances.
On Wednesday 12 February 2003 08:15, trainier@kalsec.com wrote:
> I'm working on building a proxy server for a small company. We've less
> than 500, but plan to purchase hardware for 1000 users.
> Any ideas on how much disk space, memory, cpu(s)? RAID? SCSI? Would
> love to hear some ball-park figures to help with our
> decision in purchasing hardware for the box.
>
> Tim Rainier
> Unix Systems Admin., Kalsec INC.
> Email: trainier@kalsec.com
-- Chad Whitten Network/Systems Administrator neXband Communications cwhitten@nexband.com 601-944-4801Received on Wed Feb 12 2003 - 07:42:46 MST
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