tc is a linux tool to create network classes that you can route/mangle/prioritize, it's not Squid specific and won't work with any other OS, but i used it once in a setup to route TCP_REFRESH_HIT objects to a different (much faster link), so they can have a faster If-Modified-Since request/reply. pretty tricky and complex On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Amos Jeffries <squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Haytham Khouja wrote: >> >> Hey, >> I'm was referring to third party tools such as cttproxy, zero patch >> penalty, tc for different routing capabilities and traffic management. > > Okay. > TPROXY and ZPH are integrated into the current 2.7+ and upcoming 3.1+ > releases. > 'tc' I'm not aware of, any pointers where further info can be found? > > Amos > >> >> On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 12:07 AM, Amos Jeffries <squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> >>> Haytham KHOUJA wrote: >>>> >>>> Dear Kumar, >>>> I've been using Squid in my ISP for the past 2 years, and here are the >>>> advantages: >>>> - Getting a super/kickass hardware with Squid costs 10 times less than >>>> a BlueCoat, so if you have the budget of a BlueCoat, you can get >>>> 10xSquids, imagine the things you can do in terms of Load >>>> Balancing/HTPC/ICP/Fail Over so on and so forth. >>>> - In a medium/large ISP (10 000 concurrent to 60 000 concurrent) i >>>> found that 1 machine can handle easily 80-100 Mbit, the more drives >>>> you have on that machine, the more you'll be able to reply fast that's >>>> why i use SAS drives 15 000 RPM. You can also get machines with 16 GB >>>> (or more) of RAM and put all your cache in the RAM, but in this case, >>>> i'll set the largest caching size to be around 1024 KB. Oh and if >>>> you're gonna go above 4GB of RAMs, consider 64bit, actually, it's not >>>> much of a consideration, it's a must. >>>> - You get to learn and know how caching really works, you're not just >>>> configuring a black box from a fancy web page. >>>> - You get to upgrade/patch your system to suit your needs (there are a >>>> few useful patches for Squid out there) >>> >>> Side note: >>> If you care to mention the ones that you find most useful and not >>> already >>> in Squid. We (the developers) would be very interested in knowing what >>> needs >>> adding to make squid an easier install and usage for everybody. >>> >>> Amos >>> -- >>> Please use Squid 2.7.STABLE4 or 3.0.STABLE8 >>> >> >> >> > > Amos > -- > Please use Squid 2.7.STABLE4 or 3.0.STABLE8 > -- Sincerely, Haytham EL-KHOUJA haytham@xxxxxxxxxx
