Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 16:59:24 +0200 (SAT) From: Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za> To: psd@cgu.nl (Paul Dekkers) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proxy server (what kind of machine and os?) Message-ID: <E0ygsX6-0007SC-00@ns.cityip.co.za> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980602114009.13823B-100000@chippie.cgu> from Paul Dekkers at "Jun 2, 98 11:45:36 am"
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Hmmm, nobody seems to have taken this one up yet, so I might as well give it a shot: Paul Dekkers wrote: > > If I want to set up a proxy-server (because we just have a 64kbit internet > link I think it would be a great idea), what kind of OS do you suggest me? > Because of the number of maximum network connections, is NetBSD much > better than FreeBSD? What is the fastest solution? You didn't say which services you need to proxy. I'm _assuming_ you mean (mostly) HTTP. The general feeling (in this list, at least ;-) is that of the *BSDs, FreeBSD is the one most optimised for "big server" applications. > Which FreeBSD Release is the best? Depends on how you wish to administer the machine. If you want to set it up and leave it, install the latest -RELEASE (2.2.6 at present), and thereafter just apply vital security patches and bugfixes. This is probably the best solution for a "production" environment. If you wish, you can also track -STABLE. This implies more work, though. ;-) > What kind of machine do you suggest? Is a pentium-60 enough, or I'd better > use a 100 Mhz or better? How many RAM is suggested, and is an 1Gb IDE disk > enough? The P60 will probably cut it, but the faster the better, of course. Your disk size depends solely on how big a cache you wish to keep. Invest in as much RAM as you can afford - no less than 32MB for 30 clients; at least 64MB if you can. Maybe looking at a SCSI disk (or even a pair of smaller SCSI disks) might be a very good idea. > I think we have at about 30 clients running at one time (maybe in > the future a little more), and I think I want to set up two proxy-servers, > connected to each other, in the two buildings we have, because the link > between the two networks is just 2Mbit. Squid, a dedicated http/gopher/ftp proxy server, has facilities for parent-to-child or sibling-to-sibling peering. -- V Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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