Re: objective answers -- I hope

On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, rich wrote:

> I am moving from NS 3.5 proxy to one of either Squid or Apache. I
> am curious as to the perf issues and features of people who might
> have done something similar. Have there been some tests of S vs. A
> or is there a feature comparison?

Here is a subjective and biased answer:

        Apache: great origin server, so-so accelerator, lousy proxy
         Squid: lousy origin server, so-so accelerator, great proxy

The specifics would depend on your particular application, performance
requirements, etc. and your skills to tune a server.

Alex.
Received on Thu Feb 18 1999 - 09:09:35 MST