> --- On Wed, 7/16/08, Adrian Chadd <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> Subject: Re: Squid requirements >> To: "Chris Robertson" <crobertson@xxxxxxx> >> Cc: "Squid Users" <squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 9:28 AM >> What we're really missing is a bunch of "hardware >> x, config y, testing >> z, results a, b, c." TMF used to have some stuff up >> for older hardware >> but there's just nothing recent to use as a measuring >> stick.. >> > > The problem is that there's so much disparate technology out there. > multi-core cpus, all kinds of different memory, all kinds of different disk > technologies, different filesystems, different OS, different kernels, and on and > on. It's hard to get useful measuring sticks. > shoot me, but as ever faster is more expensive, so if you can't afford a Lamborghini but like what it does then buy something else what comes close and fits your budget, hammer-speed and cheap does not exist, reasonable speed at reasonable cost does exist, hammer-speed at low-cost does not exist unless you jump the cliff what might result in sudden-death ... that is free and is fufufast (sudden=>now) > I still think it's a useful pursuit. But I think that the reasons above make > people less inclined to do it.ree and to do what? caching? or proxying? or nothing? while(my_input=0); (do='nothing'); > > spec.org tries to level the field, if someone concocted a level field and made it > easy for people to do, then we'd see more results. > problem is most people look for easy=>lazy and lazy=>cheap but unfortunatly that equation does not work either as also do not exist any valuable hardware comparism since you need to do it yourself, means you need to look (clients, uplink, machine, bandwidth_for_each, disired_performance, budget) and finally look at your cache and at the end it is what_you_get_is_what_you_get_(for_your_money) ... so my friend, at the end it does not matter what they say to buy what you _CAN_ buy and get lucky with it :) michel **************************************************** Tecnologia Internet Matik http://info.matik.com.br Sistemas Wireless para o Provedor Banda Larga Hospedagem e Email personalizado - e claro, no Brasil. ****************************************************
