FYI....
ASL version 5.011 :
Config :
P3 450, 256 Mb Memory
20 Gb IDE 5400 RPM drive
2 10/100 D-Link Nic Cards
I have seen so many posts of people discussing the hardware they use for the ASL product. However, I am running the above hardware with pop3/smtp proxy, virus protection, spam protection all on (finally, looks like the pop3 proxy is working much better in the 5.011 release). However, turning on the http proxy (with surf protection) takes the system to it's knees. I only have 4 computers behind my configuration. If 2 or more of the systems are surfing with http traffic, the ASL system introduces too much latency in web page response time. In fact, over 10 or 15 minutes, pages begin to time out.
I have loaded another system with ASL 5.011, P4 2.0 Ghz, 512 Mb memory, 2 - 10/100 NICs, 20 Gb IDE 5400 RPM Drive. Same configuration, with all above mentioned proxies and protection enabled and I have no performance bottlenecks.
I know this is not "scientific", but I don't think the P3 processors cut it for the http proxy IMO. The P4 2 Gb with 512 Mem cost me about 200 bucks -- well worth it (MB+CPU+mem dimms -- already had all other parts)
Regards,
mark
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