Re: [pfSense] Setup advice

2014-05-28 Thread Chris Bagnall
Brian Caouette wrote: How much space should be allocated for pfsense and squid? In the office here I have 30GB allocated for squid to use as a cache. In this case where the chaps in the workshop are often downloading things like Windows Updates, software packages, etc., the size was chosen to

Re: [pfSense] Setup advice

2014-05-28 Thread Brian Caouette
To: "pfSense Support and Discussion Mailing List" Subject: [pfSense] Setup advice Date: Sun, May 25, 2014 5:32 pm Brian Caouette wrote: How much space should be allocated for pfsense and squid? I don't use squid, but my pfsense VM total disk assigned in 8GB. Doug -- Ben Frankl

Re: [pfSense] Setup advice

2014-05-28 Thread Ryan Coleman
t; >>> Sent from my HTC >>> >>> - Reply message - >>> From: "Doug Lytle" >>> To: "pfSense Support and Discussion Mailing List" >>> Subject: [pfSense] Setup advice >>> Date: Sun, May 25, 2014 5:32 pm >>>

Re: [pfSense] Setup advice

2014-05-28 Thread Brian Caouette
idn't know if maybe it had to do with available storage. Sent from my HTC - Reply message - From: "Doug Lytle" To: "pfSense Support and Discussion Mailing List" Subject: [pfSense] Setup advice Date: Sun, May 25, 2014 5:32 pm Brian Caouette wrote: How much

Re: [pfSense] Setup advice

2014-05-28 Thread Ryan Coleman
t uses 45% of it. > I have terrible hit ratios with squid. Didn't know if maybe it had to do with > available storage. > > Sent from my HTC > > - Reply message - > From: "Doug Lytle" > To: "pfSense Support and Discussion Mailing List"

Re: [pfSense] Setup advice

2014-05-26 Thread Doug Lytle
bri...@dlois.com wrote: Thank you for replying. Why so much? At the time I started with pfSense, I didn't know better. And, since space on my system isn't tight, I've never changed it. Doug -- Ben Franklin quote: "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary S

Re: [pfSense] Setup advice

2014-05-25 Thread bri...@dlois.com
From: "Doug Lytle" To: "pfSense Support and Discussion Mailing List" Subject: [pfSense] Setup advice Date: Sun, May 25, 2014 5:32 pm Brian Caouette wrote: > How much space should be allocated for pfsense and squid? I don't use squid, but my pfsense VM total disk

Re: [pfSense] Setup advice

2014-05-25 Thread Doug Lytle
Brian Caouette wrote: How much space should be allocated for pfsense and squid? I don't use squid, but my pfsense VM total disk assigned in 8GB. Doug -- Ben Franklin quote: "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

[pfSense] Setup advice

2014-05-25 Thread Brian Caouette
I will be reinstalling on a new machine. I have 6 73 gig drives which I understand will give me 365 gig usable under raid 5. I'm thinking of using VMware free to create virtual systems. How much space should be allocated for pfsense and squid? This would be for a home network of about a dozen de