Squid configuration for ~200 users

[glio]

I'm new to Squid and I'd like to make the most out of it. Below is the hardware settings of the server:

1. 2.4GHz Xeon (with HT)
2. 30G SCSI HD
3. 1.5G Ram
4. Fedora Core 5
5. Squid 2.6 STABLE 13
6. EXT 3 filesystem

In fact, Squid is running on default settings and is running fine on the machine... but I think some fine tunings have to be done in order for it to under a high-stressed environment. When in production, the machine has to cater about 200 users simultaneously. What other configurations do you think is required?

Thanks!

Jimmy

 

[IRudebwoy]

Not much, I run squid on gentoo with a 2.0GHz P4 with 1 GB RAM and two IDE drives, one for the OS and one for the cache store, and it works great. I have almost 300 users using this one box, not the best way. I'm considering adding another for redundancy more than load sharing. BTW, I have a T3 link to the internet. From monitoring my box I'm fairly certain I could handle more users and more bandwidth.

The only extra configuring I did was to deny content based on MIME types (steaming video and audio).

Have Fun!