What you need for this book
A beginner level knowledge of Linux/Unix operating system and familiarity with basic commands is all what you need. Squid runs almost on all Linux/Unix operating systems and there is a great possibility that your favorite operating system repository already has Squid.
On a server, the availability of free main memory and speed of hard disk play a major role in determining the performance of the Squid proxy server. As most of the cached objects stay on the hard disks, faster disks will result in low disk latency and faster responses. But faster hard disks (SCSI) are often very expensive as compared to ATA hard disks and we have to analyze our requirements to strike a balance between the disk speed we need and the money ...
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