Squid cache for 300 clients

['chris']

hi

I'm using Proxy Squid on linux for 300 Internet clients.
How much cache is needed normally for so many clients ?

kind regards
chris

[xyko_1]

Hi Chris,

it does not depend on the number of clients. It depends on the traffic.

I guess that 256 Mb ram cache and 1 Gb disk cache are ok for you, but ... you will have to monitor and adjust.

Those documents may help you

http://squid-docs.sourceforge.net/latest/html/c21.html#AEN26
http://www.squid-cache.org/Benchmarking/tps-vs-diskuse/

regards,
Xyko

[kcpant · Accepted solution]

Hi Chris,

The more the RAM & Disk, the better the performance of sQUID. You can also make a just satisfactory setup with 128-256 MB RAM & 1-2 GB disk, but I would use around 512 MB RAM and 6-10 GB disk for a 300 user's setup.

[Steven E. Protter]

It totally depends on where they go on the Internet and what they look at.

Heavy users are going to put heavier demands on the cache. I would suggest a figure that does not totally use up free RAM and adjust it based on running some use reports to see what kind of cache hit percentages you get after the cache gets built up.

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