On Sun, 2011-11-13 at 23:12 +0530, Benjamin wrote: > On 11/13/2011 10:51 PM, Andrew Beverley wrote: > > On Sun, 2011-11-13 at 22:29 +0530, Benjamin wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I want to use squid version on centos 6.So for that i wonder that do i > >> compile squid latest stable version from squid source code or should i > >> go with rpm package which i get from my distro.? > > You're normally best using the one provided with your distro, unless > > there are specific features you need from a later version. > > > >> Actually my concern is that installation of rpm / compilation from > >> source code are same while compare with squid features ? > > Try the one from the distro first and see if it meets your requirements. > > > >> And as per my purpose with squid, we want to use it for only high cache > >> performance, so for that do i need to take care of specific squid feature ? > > I don't know, but others will be able to advise, or you can check the > > list archives. > > > >> And please provide me any good document or link from where i can have > >> good understanding of each squid features which we get while compilation > >> process in ./configure command. > > ./configure --help > > > > Andy > > > > > Hi, > > Thanks for your kind response.If i do not want any authentication module > from squid and when i install squid from distro rpm that time i have > that authentication module by default enabled so in that case, does it > impact on performance. Well if you've not configured any authentication in squid.conf then I imagine that the impact will be minimal. > Actually we need squid for forward proxy and cache gain only. > I'm sure you could tune Squid for your particular use, but I'm afraid I don't know exactly how much difference that will make. Andy
