Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:22:21 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: "Arend P. van der Veen" <apvanderveen@att.net> Cc: "David J. Neu" <djneu@att.net>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: AMD64 vs i386 Message-ID: <20070822132221.GB9055@rot26.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <46CC32FA.3080900@att.net> References: <46CC32FA.3080900@att.net>
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On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 08:58:34AM -0400, Arend P. van der Veen wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a general question. > > We have access to some new AMD64 based Dell Servers with 2 Core Duo > Xeons. We are currently using i386 Dell Servers with a core duo > processor. I recall from my MS Windows days that when there was the > shift from 16-bit to 32-bit processors it did take a while for > applications to support 32 bit. Sometimes 16-bit applications actually > ran slower on the 32-bit hardware. I know this is a loaded question: > > - Will the AMD64 based FreeBSD 6.2 distribution with applications such > as Postgresql, Apache, Python, Tomcat and SBCL be able to take advantage > of the 64-bit quad processor? This is a very frequently asked question, so you might like to do a bit of research in the archives or on google. Kris
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