Need some thing for a proxy

[josh82443]

Hi I work for a small ISP that has about a hundred customers using NAT & a T-1 for Bandwidth. It has come to the point that we need to put some sort of proxy server in place. I've been looking at a Cisco 550 Midrange Cache Engine With 8Mb Flash 256MB SDRAM 2-Autosensing 10BaseT/100BaseTX Ports, (2) 9.1GB HDU. would these work for what I need? how can I find out what the maximum memory is? Do these units load cache to memory first then the hard drives?would this work for what I need or is there something better at a resonable price?

Thank you For your time & help!

Josh

[Gilles Dufour]

This is not just a proxy.

This is a cache engine.

You can therefore transparently intercept the traffic and forward it to the cache.

The files are cached on an harddisk - not memory.

There is no way or need to increase the SDRAM.

The BW savings you will do with such a device is dependent on the type of traffic.

But normally you can expect 20% to 40% savings.

Regards,

Gilles.

[mvoight]

In addition to what Gilles had said, the 550 is an end of life device. There have been no new software upgrades in a few years. (Additionally, it should be noted, Cisco software licenses are not transferable)