RE: [squid-users] Help..

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Navarro [mailto:danielnavarro001@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 5:58 AM
> To: Askar; Chris Robertson
> Cc: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] Help..
>
>
> --- Askar <askar@askarali.info> escribi�:
>> Chris Robertson wrote:
>>
>> >>-----Original Message-----
>> >>From: Ahmad Arif [mailto:aaif@toyota.co.id]
>> >>Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 1:46 AM
>> >>To: squid-users@squid-cache.org
>> >>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
Received on Mon Feb 07 2005 - 12:42:30 MST