Re: [squid-users] how much RAM for squid proxy

From: Angela Williams <angie_at_eoh.co.za>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:05:03 +0200

Hi!
On Tuesday 28 July 2009, qwertyjjj wrote:
> How much RAM would be required to run Squid Proxy for a number of users?
> I realise there is no exact answer but a rough guide?
> For example, I have a linux proxy server with 100Mbit mainly retransmitting
> and caching running video (I assume about 512kbps).
> I'm guessing this could support up to 100 users or so but would 1GB RAM be
> enough?
> Server would be something like:
> # CPU: Athlon 3800+
> # CPU Details: 2 x 2.0 GHz
> # RAM: 1 GB RAM
> # Hard Disks: 2 x 160 GB (RAID 1 Software

More ram the better! I would go for atleast 2G.
Also go for the latest version of squid from either the 2.7, 3.0 branches.
3.0 seems pretty good but you must get the latest version 3.0.STABLE17 because
of the security bug!

There is a ton of info in the wiki as well to browse over!

Cheers
Ang

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