From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 4 22:35:52 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63EE116A41A for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 22:35:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kometen@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.184]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0C5613C48E for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 22:35:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kometen@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b2so1002999nfb for ; Sun, 04 Nov 2007 14:35:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=1Ne+hy6gJGS0FNlY9nRotrz+jbTWwUoKX7vfp7YJWgA=; b=m0880SADm5yVcyiuA0UnuvqdXk9XfGDi2/oLS6ordX3GW0qpUEE92ye7s2jlvBsls6tgmdxf/qfA4DUeDxGQXOREIXPcAhTCacPHwigwIHKKcrohr9LT+GqMBgnMwAHFOR5pwYXfGay8kEO3p88AfDbugEkibSoAwbWJ1jvVcSM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=nQd32LTrOGqHNU2j0uC5VxKhFOC0mJWG+OhTOw1ZYuNwqnhGZMhhopp85Xy5IM1phkohy3KsiSrMuwTflIr5ox8TBU6bIpTz2FThVEu834n8dGIwp07A/11n0hWCfwiN23+6HwTZ+AOZdS7R07+ONaT84/5/qNRRgpmcTu/ZoCU= Received: by 10.78.204.1 with SMTP id b1mr3270247hug.1194214179241; Sun, 04 Nov 2007 14:09:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.146.10 with HTTP; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 14:09:39 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 23:09:39 +0100 From: "Claus Guttesen" To: "Pete French" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best way to use more that 4 gigs of memory ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 22:35:52 -0000 > 1) amd64 kernel + 64 bit processes > 2) amd64 kernel + 32 bit processes > 3) i386 kernel with PAE and 32 bit processes > > I was initially thinking that option 1 was the best, but benchmarking it > the programs take 3 times longer to run that option 2! This astounds me > and I intend to investigate why, but given it is rue then that rules it out > as a viable solution for deploying stuff. How did you benchmark? Maby there are some hints on tune/optimize? -- regards Claus When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner. Shakespeare