[olug] Proxy server hardware requirements

Kevin sharpestmarble at gmail.com
Mon Apr 12 20:17:34 UTC 2010


I think that the distro isn't going to make much of a difference. If
it installs, then it will run pretty much the same regardless of the
underlying distro. Of more concern is the disk space & speed,
processor speed, & network speed.

Disclaimer: The closest I've come to any of these is "Yeah, I want to
install them"

On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 15:54, Jason Zeisler <superztnt at gmail.com> wrote:
> I want to set up a proxy server in my house to run DansGuardian. I have a
> couple of old systems in my house that are just sitting on the shelf and I
> want to put them to good use. My concern is that if I use a system that is
> too slow or doesn't have enough get up and go to be used as a proxy server
> that I may slow things down too much. One is pretty old. AMD-K2 500Mhz,
> 256MB Ram, 40GB hard drive. Another thing that I was thinking about trying
> was to used this as a firewall and anti-virus too. I saw an article on the
> net about that and wanted to give it a try. Also any recommendations for the
> best flavor of Linux to use for this.
>
> Thanks,
> Jason Z.
>
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