Squid should handle this without too many troubles. On Tue, Dec 25, 2007, Dan Letkeman wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to implement a couple of squid caching boxes to our network. > > These are my current requirements: > -needs to be transparent TPROXY3 then. > -needs to have a failsafe in case of caching server problems > -should use wccp WCCPv2 will provide most of the failover that you need. > -should be able to take it down at anytime with out interruption Squid doesn't currently support graceful WCCPv2 shutdown. > This what I currently have in place: > -The network is divided up into two sides. About 400 users on one > side and 600 users on the other side. > -Each side will have one squid cache to start. > -Each side will have a cisco 2801 router with a dedicated fastethernet > port for the caching server. > > So my questions are: > -Which documentation for squid and wccp with transparent proxying > would you recommend? The Squid Wiki and Configuration Examples is a great place to start. > -Which server operating system would you recommend. (Currently debian > is the only one that works with the scsi card that I have in the > server). Debian is fine. > -For this amount of users what size of server would you recommend? (If > I have to guess I would say that up to have of the users could be > using the internet at the same time. Average during the day would > probably 1/4 of the users at one time. So around 150 users one > caching server and 100 users on the other caching server. 150 users isn't all that many. Anything bought in the last couple years with 1 or 2 gig of RAM, tuned right, is going to handle that without too many problems. > Any other recommendations are welcome! Just remember to have a couple of disk spindles for cache and you'll be fine. -- - Xenion - http://www.xenion.com.au/ - VPS Hosting - Commercial Squid Support -
