Re: [squid-users] Large-scale Reverse Proxy for serving images FAST

OK. Thanks Chris. I'll give your suggestions a go! I guess I'll go for CentOS or Ubuntu and try the compilations on them.

Cheers,

DT

--- On Wed, 4/1/09, Chris Robertson <crobertson_at_gci.net> wrote:

> From: Chris Robertson <crobertson_at_gci.net>
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] Large-scale Reverse Proxy for serving images FAST
> To: squid-users_at_squid-cache.org
> Received: Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 12:25 PM
> David Tosoff wrote:
> > Thanks Chris & Amos for your comments thus far.
> >
> > I've finally located a machine I can place this
> "Memory-only" squid on. I've got a 32GB, AMD
> 64-bit, blah blah.
> >
> > Anyway, since I'm a bit of a linux n00b, I was
> asking the OS question even after having read the wiki and
> postings about this topic. For me, the OS i use doesn't
> matter from a comfortability/familiarity standpoint, as
> it's all fairly new to me anyway. The only requirements
> are that it's 64-bit and will work with my 32GB of RAM.
> >
> > I was thinking of using fedora, centOS, or ubuntu
> 64-bit editions. What do you think will be the easiest OS to
> compile & run a 64-bit version of Squid on?
> >
>
> Fedora runs on a 6 month release cycle with support for the
> current + last release(1). Perhaps a poor choice for a
> server. CentOS is a clone of RHEL, which has a seven year,
> multi-phased support cycle(2). The first four years
> include hardware upgrades with bug fixes and security
> patches. The fifth year has limited new hardware support,
> bug fixes and security patches. The last two years are
> exclusively bug fixes and security patches. Ubuntu Long
> Term Support version (LTS) offers up a 5 year support cycle
> with "Seamless upgrade from one LTS to the
> other"(3,4).
>
> > That leads me to my next question... How DO I compile
> or get a binary of 64-bit squid 3.0 stable13? The few source
> and binaries i've seen don't differentiate between
> 32 & 64.
>
> The source won't differentiate (as the same code can be
> compiled into a 32 or 64 bit binary), but binaries should.
> Usually, the default is 32 bit, with special marking for 64
> bit binaries.
>
> > I've dowmloaded the 3.0 Stable13 tar.gz, but I
> have no idea how to go about compiling it to run as 64-bit.
> >
>
> The simplest method is to compile it on the system it's
> intended to run on using the distribution supplied tools.
>
> > Once I know this, I think i'll be all set.
> >
> > Any help would be very much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks all!!
> >
> > David
> >
>
> Chris
>
> 1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LifeCycle
> 2. http://markmail.org/message/vi2xbxms6tcmm3cd
> 3.
> http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition/benefits/lifecycle
> 4. http://www.ubuntu.com/products/ubuntu/release-cycle

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