Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:57:23 +1000 From: "Jan Mikkelsen" <janm@transactionware.com> To: "'Martin Turgeon'" <turgeon.martin@gmail.com>, <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: i386 with PAE or AMD64 on PowerEdge with 4G RAM Message-ID: <002101c7b204$6ad29f30$0502a8c0@IBMA618C20271E> In-Reply-To: <4676BAF0.4030703@gmail.com>
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Martin Turgeon wrote: > ... > I am facing a difficult decision. Should I use i386 with PAE > enabled in > the kernel (I read a lot of warnings using it) or should I go with > AMD64? Which branch should I follow? > > These servers will be front-end/back-end MySQL(with replication) and > Apache servers with BIND, Postfix, Dovecot, PF. Looks like an easy decision to me. You have source for all of those things, and they are known to work on amd64. I suggest going amd64. There are many advantages in going amd64, and the primary disadvantage of going amd64 is the inability to run some (but not all) 32-bit binaries at the moment. I see no 32-bit binaries in your list. Regards, Jan Mikkelsen.
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