Need A Lil Help With Server

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Bob.mcfred

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Hi I'm running a Server on my local network I am currently running windows server 2008 and i have been looking into server caching the users on my network use a lot of usage. I was wondering if there is a feature on Windows Server 2008 to do such a thing and if i need a change in O/S please tell me (free if possible)
 
I am not sure what you are asking. You mean set disk quotas for home directories on roaming profiles in AD?

Also, why do you need to run Windows Server? Sounds like an expensive investment to meand one that you may not be fully utilizing.
 
No Speeding it up, I want to make my server cache websites i frequently use to stop using up so much of my download usage allowance
 
Most ISPs already use a caching proxy server, not sure if it would speed up your internet at all. Also, your server's hardware needs to be able to handle the multiple TCP requests and UDP requests it gets, and if your router cannot handle it then it is all moot to begin with.

The squid proxy seems to have limited support with Windows and the last OS it says it supports is server 2k3. May not work in server 2k8. I would start here and read this:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/howto/articles/cache_proxy.aspx
 
Thanks for the help tlarkin, so if im only running a small amount of computers say 3-4 would this be possible, what i want to achieve is to lower downloads on my internet usage would this work? And say websites like eBay which are forever updating will this refresh the timer not just have it stay a one time?
 
I've never really fussed with proxy servers for caching, only for authentication really. If you are behind a cheap router it may be moot. Also, your ISP already caches everything for you so you are typically hitting their cached servers and not the actual site.

I would say it depends on the actual usage the four computers get in your network. I think you are probably better off increasing the local cache for the web browser personally, as it will run a lot faster off the local machine than it would a server. I think the server would only benefit you if you were running tons and tons of client machines. You'll have to test it out.
 
Thanks man I might just increase my browser cache never thought of that just wanting to play around with my server a bit more expand my knowledge :P Cheers
 
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