Re: Squid

[Kevin Wilcox <wilcoxkm () APPSTATE EDU>]

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Kevin Halgren
<kevin.halgren () washburn edu> wrote:

> We've retained the
> caching function because it's helpful when downloading large updates to
> refresh systems, nonetheless we've only seen about a 10% reduction in
> traffic from utilizing the squid cache.  At that level, installing a squid
> proxy for general campus use simply isn't worth the maintenance and
> occasional trouble tickets that it would generate.

How are you measuring the saved bandwidth? SNMP against the squid servers?

kmw

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Kevin Wilcox GPEN, GCIH
Network Infrastructure and Control Systems
Appalachian State University
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