[olug] Proxy server hardware requirements

[Dan Linder]

The smallest distro I have used (quite a while ago though) is "Dang Small
Linux":
    http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

I think it will fit on 50MB HDD, and the RAM requirements are equally
sparse.  From the FAQ:

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/FAQ#Will_DSL_ever_get_bigger_than_50_MBytes.3F

Minimum Requirements for DSL with X-Window:

   - i486
   - 24 MB RAM

Pretty tiny compared to the regular distributions.

DanL

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 15:39, Jason Zeisler <superztnt at gmail.com> wrote:

> So what recommendations are there for minimum system requirements to run
> something like this? This is what I am trying to figure out. I don't want
> to
> cause a slowdown on my home network. How fast should this system be? Any
> suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Jason Z.
>
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>
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> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Kevin <sharpestmarble at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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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