[olug] Cacheing server

[Brian Roberson]

honestly, squid is the best caching packages I have seen, however, it can be
a beast.... not only resource wise, but configuration as well. If all you
are looking to do if cache web traffic, I suggest you take a look at the
internal proxy/cache that apache has. It is relatively easy to setup, and a
whole lot easier to manage than squid, but... on the flip side, once squid
is setup_properly_ ( emphasis there, yes )... there is basically no
maintenance other than log rotation.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Wolf" <CJWolf at mpsomaha.org>
To: <olug at olug.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 8:49 AM
Subject: [olug] Cacheing server


> What software would I use as the cacheing software on a Linux box?  Is
> there anything other than Squid that would work?  Is Squid the best
> option.  I plan to use Red Hat but I want to try using Gentoo first to
> see if I can get it to load on the server.  We have 3 high schools that
> this will go into to help alleviate some of the traffic.  Thanx
> Everyone!!
>
> Craig Wolf
> Linux Web Server Support
> Backup Supervisor
> Desktop/Network Specialist
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> Millard Public Schools
> 402-894-6283
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