Overview
Squid is a full-featured web proxy cache server application which provides proxy and cache services for HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), and other popular network protocols. It can implement caching and proxying of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) requests and caching of Domain Name Server (DNS) lookups, and perform transparent caching.
Squid also supports a wide variety of caching protocols, such as Internet Cache Protocol (ICP), the HyperText Caching Protocol (HTCP), the Cache Array Routing Protocol (CARP), and the Web Cache Coordination Protocol (WCCP).
Caching and performance optimization usually requires a lot of work on the developer's part, but Squid does all that for you. It has different configuration options, transparent and accelerated modes that enable you to focus on particular areas of your network.
By deploying Squid in accelerator mode, requests are handled faster than on normal web servers making your site perform quicker than everyone else's!
Highlights
- Squid allows Internet Providers to save on their bandwidth through content caching. Cached content means data is served locally and users will see this through faster download speeds with frequently-used content.
- The solution can be used to deliver content from around the world - copying only the content being used, rather than inefficiently copying everything.
- Squid makes it easy for content distributors and streaming media developers to distribute content worldwide. CDN providers can run Squid on AWS and deploy in strategic locations around the internet to serve enormous amounts of data.
Details
Typical total price
$0.065/hour
Pricing
Instance type | Product cost/hour | EC2 cost/hour | Total/hour |
|---|---|---|---|
t2.nano | $0.019 | $0.006 | $0.025 |
t2.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.019 | $0.012 | $0.031 |
t2.small | $0.019 | $0.023 | $0.042 |
t2.medium Recommended | $0.019 | $0.046 | $0.065 |
t2.large | $0.019 | $0.093 | $0.112 |
t2.xlarge | $0.019 | $0.186 | $0.205 |
t2.2xlarge | $0.019 | $0.371 | $0.39 |
t3.nano | $0.019 | $0.005 | $0.024 |
t3.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.019 | $0.01 | $0.029 |
t3.small | $0.019 | $0.021 | $0.04 |
Additional AWS infrastructure costs
Type | Cost |
|---|---|
EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes | $0.10/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
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Delivery details
64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Version release notes
Vulnerabilities have been fixed.
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If you faced any problem, check the Usage Guide at http://tidalmediainc.com/guide-how-to-start-squid-easy-caching-proxy-server-for-ubuntu-18-04-on-amazon/ support@tidalmediainc.com
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