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Re: Looking for suggestions for an internet content filteringappliance


From: Graham Beneke <graham () apolix co za>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:05:07 +0200

On 23/08/2010 22:14, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
Does anybody have any real-world stats on what size local Squid/whatever cache
they're using and what % of bandwidth savings they're seeing? (Bonus points if
you've identified specific things it helps, like Patch Tuesday or whatever).

I have seen 30-50% savings on some networks when patch Tuesday hits. Its not achievable on a vanilla squid though and needs some code magic.

With general traffic the savings tend to be around the 10-20% mark. Unforunately much of the stuff you really want to cache like your YouTube vids is intentionally filled with cookies that make it un-cachable. This is done intentionally for copyright compliance and various other things.

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Graham Beneke


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