Actually caching is not the major reason for this device. They really just want a proxy (and don't ask why its part of the original contract they drew up). Anyway caching is not something I was going to be worrying about. R --- On Thu, 7/17/08, Adam Carter <Adam.Carter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Adam Carter <Adam.Carter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: RE: Squid in the Enterpise > To: "ML squid" <squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thursday, July 17, 2008, 8:11 PM > > you should bear in mind that for a cache to be truly > effective at > > bandwidth conservation (if that is your goal) it > > needs to be placed close to the users. > > Maybe - it depends if you want to save bandwidth on your > LAN or WAN/Internet pipe. AFAIK most organisations are more > concerned about WAN utilisation since it's the expensive > bit, and therefore placing the caches just on the internal > side of your WAN can be a good solution.
