Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:31:10 -0400 From: Martin Turgeon <turgeon.martin@gmail.com> To: Stefan Lambrev <stefan.lambrev@sun-fish.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386 with PAE or AMD64 on PowerEdge with 4G RAM Message-ID: <467804CE.1050705@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4677884C.2080604@sun-fish.com> References: <4676BAF0.4030703@gmail.com> <4677884C.2080604@sun-fish.com>
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Thank you all for your advices, I will take a try with AMD64. I'm always impressed by the support on the FreeBSD mailinglist, continue your good work. Martin Stefan Lambrev a écrit : > Hi, > > Martin Turgeon wrote: >> Good afternoon, >> >> I just receive 2 PowerEdge servers (a 1950 and a 860) both with 4G of >> RAM. I installed FreeBSD 6.2 Release i386 on both of them. >> Unfortunately, only 3,5G is recognized on the 860 and 3,3G on the 1950. >> dmesg on 860: >> real memory = 3757834240 (3583 MB) >> avail memory = 3678318592 (3507 MB) >> >> 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. > I have NO problems with FreeBSD AMD64, at least not more then I have > with i386 versions. > > I do not see a problem to run MySQL, apache, BIND,Postfix and PF - as > I use them myself for near 2 years under freebsd amd64. > > I even can say that at some point amd64 becomes more stable (for me) > then i386. > The major problem (again for me) is that there is no way to connect > 64bit apache under freebsd to Oracle DB. > > Saying that I'm quite happy using FreBSD amd64 (even for > desktop/laptop machines) and knowing how broken is PAE .. just go for > amd64. > >> >> There is the detailled configuration of the servers: >> PowerEdge 1950 >> Xeon 5110 >> 4G RAM >> PERC 5 Raid controller (mfi) >> Dual Broadcom 5708 (bce) >> >> PowerEdge 860 >> Xeon 3070 >> 4G RAM >> LSI Logic Raid controller (mpt) >> Dual Broadcom 5750 (bge) > If you still consider PAE check very carefully that all your drivers > work OK with PAE kernel! >> >> Thanks a lot for your advice, >> >> Martin >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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