I'm looking at writing an external acl helper that checks the value returned by a customised version of identd. The helper would take the identd response and compare it with data held either in flat text files or in a MySql database. I believe I'm right in thinking that the data in the text file or DB can be dynamic ie I can alter the data in the file or DB without having to reconfigure Squid?
My basic question is: for a text file or DB with around 1500 lines/rows, would there be any major performance difference between the use of text files compared to holding the same data in a MySql database? The server this would run on would be dedicated to running Squid and would be specced something like:
Athlon XP 1800+ or above
512 or 1024MB DDR RAM
80GB ATA-100 7200rpm HD
Running on fully switched 100Mbit network, serving around 150 client stations
Thanks for any response,
nry
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