From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 23 04:35:20 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 372A016A420 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:35:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@rtl.fmailbox.com) Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com (out4.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2B7043D70 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:35:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@rtl.fmailbox.com) Received: from frontend1.internal (mysql-sessions.internal [10.202.2.149]) by frontend1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18EB7D37F0A; Wed, 22 Feb 2006 23:35:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from frontend2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.151]) by frontend1.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 22 Feb 2006 23:35:15 -0500 X-Sasl-enc: eVJkHen0i6oCrA+ceauivtiqpUW300kjSPAeTjnL8sSv 1140669313 Received: from [192.168.1.51] (cwpp-p-144-139-3-235.prem.tmns.net.au [144.139.3.235]) by frontend2.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 257F4575A7A; Wed, 22 Feb 2006 23:35:11 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <43FD3B83.2040109@rtl.fmailbox.com> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 15:35:15 +1100 From: Robert Leftwich User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051013) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Terry References: <43FCEF9C.5050308@bluelight.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <43FCEF9C.5050308@bluelight.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD 64 stability X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:35:20 -0000 Terry wrote: > I need to build a new server to send down to the data centre for hosting > and possible game server type stuff. > I have a ASUS 64 bit board and cpu spare so was considering using these > with amd64 version. But due to the data centre being 300 mile away i > thought i would check how you guys are finding it first :). Or shall i > play it safe and use the i386 i just can't decide > It depends on exactly which ASUS 64 bit board you have - if you have an a8n-sli then I would steer clear of AMD64, I've reported memory leaks and the inability to run with 4gb of ram, both of which are unresolved at this point. I'm currently testing with Ubuntu 64 (live cd) and it appears to be able to access all 4gb of ram w/o a problem. I'm about to bite the bullet, install Ubuntu (server) as well as dump/restore a boatload of data into the databases so I can see if the memory leak is a FreeBSD problem or not (sigh). Be wary of FreeBSD's AMD64 support - test, test again and do even more testing before the box leaves your sight! Robert