wanto to use squid cache 2.7 with centos , please help to choose the hardware & centos version

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wanto to use squid cache 2.7 with centos , please help to choose the hardware & centos version

Post by squidcentos » 2013/01/19 13:32:45

hi ,
i have a new server with the hardware :
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CPU
High End CPU with 4 Cores and 3 GHz Clock speed to deliver the needed performance
1 x Intel Core i5-2320

M.B
1 x Intel DB75EN,

RAM
Must be at least 16 GB RAM provided from 4 modules. Must be RAM with 1333 MHz
4 x 4 GB Kingston Value RAM 1333 Mhz

NIC
1 x Intel I350-T2,

SSD
high quality SSD
1 x Intel Series 520 120GB,

HDD
Recommended disk size: each 2 TB with SATA 6 Gb/s Interface
3 x Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 2TB

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i want to use squid cache 2.7 stable version ,
plz advice me , which centos version to use , centos 5 or 6 ??
should i use 32 or 64 bit ??
many of fourms talk about squid to be used in debian & ubuntu , but i hate debian and want to use centos distributions .

please advice me , based on the hardware above , what centos use ????
i want to use this server for 3000 users as maximum number .

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Post by TrevorH » 2013/01/19 13:35:53

CentOS 5 contains squid 2.6 and CentOS 6 has 3.1.10. Neither has 2.7. Hardware support in 6 is better and the support lifetime extends until 2020 where el5 expires in 2017. Use 64 bit if you have more than 4GB RAM.

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Re: wanto to use squid cache 2.7 with centos , please help to choose the hardware & centos version

Post by squidcentos » 2013/01/20 08:29:20

hi ,
thanks very much for your answer ,

if i want to support about 2000 users , for suqid , will centos fourms will help me ??

plz advice about building squid , i dint know which to use centos or debian ???

i really like centos and dotn want debian , but most people that use squid has debain !!!!

can you help me in choosing ??


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Re: wanto to use squid cache 2.7 with centos , please help to choose the hardware & centos version

Post by TrevorH » 2013/01/20 15:16:20

I've never run squid so cannot help with implementation details but I would stress that you should [u]not build[/u] squid but rather use yum to install the distro supplied copy. That way you get the CentOS supplied copy and you will receive security patches as and when they come out as long as you regularly run `yum update`.

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