I have 1 more question: I noticed in the 3.0 Stable13 release notes that there is Windows support for compiling the code in Windows native format... Has anyone done this successfully? And can it compile to 64-bit to use my 32GB or memory?? I've looked at Guido S's version, but it's 32-bit. :( Ideally, running in windows would be better for me, as it's my comfort zone. As i said.. I'm a linux n00b. Thanks all! David --- On Wed, 4/1/09, Chris Robertson <crobertson@xxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Chris Robertson <crobertson@xxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Large-scale Reverse Proxy for serving images FAST > To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 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 __________________________________________________________________ Instant Messaging, free SMS, sharing photos and more... Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger at http://ca.beta.messenger.yahoo.com/
