> -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Navarro [mailto:danielnavarro001@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 5:58 AM > To: Askar; Chris Robertson > Cc: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [squid-users] Help.. > > > --- Askar <askar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió: >> Chris Robertson wrote: >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >> >>From: Ahmad Arif [mailto:aaif@xxxxxxxxxxxx] >> >>Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 1:46 AM >> >>To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >>Subject: [squid-users] Help.. >> >> >> >> >> >>DEar Squid Master, >> >> >> >>I need your help, I plan to install 2 version of >> squid in the same machine >> >> >> >> >> >Redhat 9. is it possible ? >> > >> > >> >>Many thanks for your help.. >> >> >> >>AArif >> >> >> >> >> > >> >It is possible. You just need a separate >> squid.conf file for each instance >> >of Squid. Each conf file has to specify a >> different listening port, >> >different cache directories, and different log >> files (or none at all). You >> >can use the same squid binary (of you don't want to >> use different versions >> >of squid) and just point each instance at a >> different conf file like: >> > >> >/sbin/squid -f /etc/squid1.conf >> >/sbin/squid -f /etc/squid2.conf >> > >> >Chris >> > >> > >> > >> any benefit of running two instances of squid on a >> single machine? >> >> > > No benefit at all Not entirely true. There is a benefit on a multi-processor box. Squid, being a single threaded application can't natively take advantage of multiple processors. Running multiple instances of squid is beneficial in such a situation. Chris
