[volunteergrid2-l] Thinking about a light-weight proxy solution

[Brad Rupp]

I've done some work with Squid in the past.  However, I have never 
compared the resource footprint of Squid vs. Apache.  I would be a bit 
surprised if Squid had a significantly smaller footprint then Apache. 
But that is just a gut feel more then anything.

Brad

On 3/17/2011 10:21 AM, Jody Harris wrote:
> I'm pretty happy with the excellent work Brad has done with the Apache
> mod_proxy hack for controlling node access to the grid, but I've been
> thinking that:
>    1) I don't really want to install Apache on the machine hosing my
> node at home just to use mod_proxy and
>    2) If we ever get Tahoe running on a plug computer, Apache would be
> significant overhead on limited resources.
>
> I've never messed with Sqid, so I don't know, but I'm interested in what
> options we have for a lower-resource proxy solution for these kinds of
> environments.
>
> j
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