Re: Beyond the point that cache will help?

Paul,

I save more bandwidth using Squid than your total bandwidth. Caching is
always a good idea in my opinion, provided your cache networks can
handle the bandwidth. I use Squid for both Internet and Internal WAN
acceleration on a large scale.

Give it a shot - it'll pay off.

> Paul Spears Jr wrote:
>
> Hello All,
> I am a newbie to this list and have already searched for an answer
> to my question in the achieve without luck. I am considering using
> the Squid Cache on a Dell 2400 with Redhat 6.0 (Linux). This Dell
> 2400 has dual 500Mhz processors 2, 9GB Seagate SCSI drives and 256mb
> Ram ( I can bump the ram up if needed). We are currently running the
> 12.05T version of IOS on our Cisco Router to support WCCP V1.0. We
> are also nearing the limit on 5 T1's to various Backbones and adding
> about 1 T1 every 3 months. In your opinion are we beyond the magical
> point where a cache engine helps save bandwidth or will we still see a
> decrease in bandwidth being used.. I guess I am asking is this worth
> doing before I invest allot of time setting it up.
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
> Thanks
> Paul Jr.
> AlaWeb Network Admin
Received on Wed Mar 22 2000 - 17:35:16 MST