I really never used squid on Windows plataform, but i think it culd be run as good as in linux enviromet. What user validation method are you implemented? a missconfig squid.conf could be a cause. Check your cache.log for validation erros. --- Jeremy Kim <jkim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > Using the squid proxy is really slow. Is there > anyway to make it faster? > > > I have squid version Squid2.6STABLE18 on a XP. > > > The machine I am running this on is a Dell PowerEdge > SC 1420 Xeon CPU > 2.80GHz and 4GB if ram. I am using three scsi > drives. One to host the > squid and operating system (est.75G Drive) and the > other two drives > (est. each 210G drives) as cache drives. > > > Here are my configurations. Everything else is > pretty much set on > default. > > #Default: > # http_access deny all > #Recommended minimum configuration: > # Only allow cachemgr access from localhost > http_access allow biblical > http_access allow manager localhost > http_access deny manager > # Deny requests to unknown ports > http_access deny !Safe_ports > # Deny CONNECT to other than SSL ports > http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports > > > # And finally deny all other access to this proxy > http_access deny all > > # MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS > #Default: > cache_mem 32 MB > > #Default: > maximum_object_size_in_memory 8 KB > > #Default: > memory_replacement_policy lru > > #Default: > cache_replacement_policy heap GDSF > > #Default: > cache_dir aufs e:/cache 512 16 256 > cache_dir aufs f:/cache 512 16 256 > > #Default: > store_dir_select_algorithm least-load > > #Default: > # max_open_disk_fds 0 > > #Default: > # minimum_object_size 0 KB > > #Default: > # maximum_object_size 4096 KB > > #Default: > cache_swap_low 90 > cache_swap_high 95 > > #Default: > # maximum_object_size 4096 KB > > #Default: > cache_swap_low 90 > cache_swap_high 95 > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Special deal for Yahoo! users & friends - No Cost. Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text3.com