The cost means "integrate with those using tcp_outgoing_tos/mark and qos_flows to deliver per-request classification tags to the OS QoS system". > On Dec 3, 2015, at 8:45 PM, Antony Stone <Antony.Stone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thursday 03 December 2015 at 13:34:32, GoGo net wrote: > >> As I do NOT want to add extra cost to squid, I will stay with the script >> and try to optimise it. > > What do you mean by "cost"? > > > Antony. > >>> On Dec 3, 2015, at 8:27 PM, Amos Jeffries <squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> On 4/12/2015 1:14 a.m., GoGo net wrote: >>>> I am running squid 3.5 in my LAN as a proxy for surfing internet. >>>> >>>> The proxy is shared by all users in the LAN, and every user has a >>>> username/password configured in their web browser. >>>> >>>> Now, I want to limit user traffic quota, say every user 100GB/month. How >>>> can achieve this? >>>> >>>> Currently, I use a script to monitor **access.log** of squid, and >>>> aggregate the traffic from log to calculate user traffic. But I am >>>> wondering what is the best practise to limit user quota? Is there a >>>> better way to limit user traffic quota? >>> >>> Nope. Squid is designed to optimize traffic not to de-optimize it. So >>> does not do quota limitations. >>> >>> However the OS QoS controls often do support quotas and do so far better >>> than Squid could even get close to. Squid can integrate with those using >>> tcp_outgoing_tos/mark and qos_flows to deliver per-request >>> classification tags to the OS QoS system. >>> >>> If you stay wit a helper script you maybe could still optimize it a >>> little. Your log monitoring Script could be run as a log daemon helper >>> in order to get the log lines as soon as they are written. That also >>> lets you send a custom log format separate from the access.log to the >>> helper so it can work better. > > -- > All generalisations are inaccurate. > > Please reply to the list; > please *don't* CC me. > _______________________________________________ > squid-users mailing list > squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users _______________________________________________ squid-users mailing list squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users