From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 27 18:27:45 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C3801065684 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:27:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECE9E8FC69 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:27:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m9RIRg8S039365; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:27:43 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 09E96BA98; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:27:42 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:27:41 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Valentin Bud Message-ID: <20081027182741.GA29111@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <139b44430810270210o2e44bb3dlced325329fb824dd@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <139b44430810270210o2e44bb3dlced325329fb824dd@mail.gmail.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: migrate server on freebsd amd64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:27:45 -0000 --GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:10:19AM +0100, Valentin Bud wrote: > Hello list, > I want your opinion about migrating a freebsd server to amd64. > I have the following configuration: >=20 > Motherboard: Intel S5000VSA > CPU: Intel Xeon E5335 @ 2Ghz > RAM: 2 x 1Gb DDR2 FB-DIMM 667Mhz > HDD: 2 x 320 Gb SATA II + 1 x 500 Gb SATA II >=20 > This server runs as a web / mail server using: > Apache 2.2 > MySQL 5.0 > php 5 > Imagick > ghostscript > postfix + dovecot > openvpn >=20 > Currently the server runs FBSD 7.0 i386 (RELENG_7). I plan to switch the > server to amd64 and use ZFS. Apart from running ZFS I don't see a good reason to switch, unless you're regularly running out of address space. > I want your suggestions about the above applications and their stability = on > 64 bit FBSD as well I don't think any of this is a problem on amd64. I can speak from experience that ImageMagick, ghostscript and postfix work fine on amd64. Apart from binary-only 32 bit stuff (which won't work), there are not many programs that have problems on amd64 in my experience. > I'm sorry if this is not the proper place to ask questions about FBSD am= d64 > but i thought that here are many > people that might be using amd64 and come with some opinions. Thank you. There is an FreeBSD-amd64 list that might be usefull as well. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkkGCB0ACgkQEnfvsMMhpyWNZQCggs/GgeayJ4O3kBsv1oBqQaGq KYAAoJjwAqKdPgvtkINgLyt6BsiAutc5 =MG7+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw--