[Server-devel] Squid tuning recommendations for OLPC SchoolServer tuning...

[Chris Martin]

Just wondering

Has any one considered using the proxy module in Apache HTTP server.
You are already taking the hit of running a web server, - the proxy module
just might give you enough features.

Certainly you get Caching and Access Control

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[mailto:server-devel-bounces at lists.laptop.org] On Behalf Of Martin Langhoff
Sent: Tuesday, 23 September 2008 2:40 PM
To: Mark Nottingham
Cc: squid-dev at squid-cache.org; XS Devel
Subject: Re: [Server-devel] Squid tuning recommendations for OLPC
SchoolServer tuning...

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Mark Nottingham <mnot at yahoo-inc.com> wrote:
> Overall, what do you want to use Squid for here; caching, access
control..?

Caching and plugins such as squidgard (does that qualify as access control?)

> If you want caching, realise that you're not going to see much benefit
from
> such a resource-limited box, and indeed it may be more of a bottleneck
than
> is worthwhile.

well, we are very constrained RAM wise, but we have a reasonable hard
drive quota *and* a horrible internet connection. Picture 200 kids
behind a dsl line, 50 kids behind a satellite link or 3G modem.

Granted, youtube isn't going to work but well-behaved cacheable
content (in http terms) can work well with a good proxy.

cheers,



martin
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