> -----Original Message----- > From: Angelo Höngens [mailto:a.hongens@xxxxxxxxxxx] Hi Angelo Thanks for responding > I didn't even know ISP's still used proxies in this century :D I assume > you use them to save on bandwidth and improve the experience for the > end-user? Haha yeah well for example at one regional site transit is costing us $400+ per Mbps, so caching is still worthwhile for us. > I'm still not sure about virtualizing or not.. It both has advantages > and disadvantages.. Yes I would really need to build up a big server and compare CARP vs VMware. Doesn?t sound like anyone else has had much experience with this topic. The servers I have been testing with under VMware seem to go OK, but its hard to tell just how much overhead is incurred. Maybe running say 4 squid VMs on an 8 core server is a reasonably good way to share the load around though. > I'm in a Dell only shop, and you can buy the R610 with any 1 or 2 > cpu's, > it's a choice. (And probably cheaper than HP). Nice to know. I was using their website and it didn?t have an option for 1 CPU. I guess you just speak to the sales rep and get the quote more fully customised. Thanks for the tip! Michael.
