Hello, The Internet connection would be about cable speed lets say 1/4 MB (250K). I only want squid for the filtering that is all. There will only be about 10-15 users behind the box with about 10 users doing mostly web based stuff. Thank you for the responses so far. Michael On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 02:39:45 +0000 Antony Stone <Antony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sunday 28 December 2003 2:23 am, Michael Gale wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I got a little question, how many users do you think I could put > > behind > > a P166 w/ 64MB RAM with an old 3.5GB drive. ? > > > > It is a linux box (slackware) running 2.4.23 kernel with the latest > > Iptables. > > The 64Mbytes RAM may be a bit of a limitation, but unless you've got a > *fast* Internet connection (>50Mbits/sec), I'd say this box will > support several hundred (maybe thousand) users. If your Internet > link is *fast*, tell us what speed, and you'll likely get some > different opinions. > > > I would also like to throw on Squid and FreeSwan IPSEC (1-2 VPN > > connections only). > > Aha. That casts a very different light on things. > > 1. No way would I consider running Squid with 64Mbytes RAM and > 3.5Gbytes disk. Maybe with ten times both of those, but not with > that. > > 2. FreeS/WAN will increase the load on the machine noticeably. Maybe > not enough to affect your usage, but it will generate much more load > than netfilter on its own. Tell us what speed the link is and we'll > think about it again. > > I'd say the significance of the different elements you've mentioned > here go in the following order: > > (least significant) Netfilter > (middling) FreeS/WAN > (most significant) Squid > > Therefore the biggest question is not "how many users" but "how many > web browsers" do you have? Maybe also tell us why you would like to > put Squid on this box (do you want the caching, the logging, the > filtering?) and we can better answer whether it's worth bothering at > all with that application on this platform. > > Hope this helps, > > Antony. > > -- > Documentation is like sex. > When it's good, it's very very good. > When it's bad, it's still better than nothing. > > Please reply to > the list; > please > don't CC > me. > > -- Hand over the Slackware CD's and back AWAY from the computer, your geek rights have been revoked !!! Michael Gale Slackware user :) Bluesuperman.com
