From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 27 09:10:21 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72E981065671 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:10:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from valentin.bud@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0389C8FC0C for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:10:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from valentin.bud@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id h3so671545nfh.33 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:10:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:mime-version:content-type; bh=tzbe7utgKU8WC8HgGP59+rj5xPLJwMNPagiHU3/8EYM=; b=ugqzk/li9kp29mh+Kyfgw32djEMYZfhuF2xcs0WjpyZLbrBD16ETOgXpx40r5kULSW L97mhbidLSrGPl66jxxrb9jbLxRCS7NSjqwUGkz+hPlAYakjl5GdIOEEQWRNnA9lQizl gWiOUZz0O6EybPnbLoBIEnE85nu6+5503yG2I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=CI13T/3tuiWVjLQNqZqOD6mpl5fTNTTTD+0Rql1YQpBcnQDHFJQdjNYfoQKHzwaeVX XAWb/ccpriAkIuwDi2LPiN6PdI1d8ba3Bvvh0W67Y/HovRmbD72Z+TkLUw6j/90QUUig 1TMuV0cxF2Vge1Kpp24AsYFQ11V3TtllUSnwo= Received: by 10.210.19.4 with SMTP id 4mr6334886ebs.173.1225098619691; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:10:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.210.137.13 with HTTP; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:10:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <139b44430810270210o2e44bb3dlced325329fb824dd@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:10:19 +0100 From: "Valentin Bud" To: freebsd-questions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: migrate server on freebsd amd64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:10:21 -0000 Hello list, I want your opinion about migrating a freebsd server to amd64. I have the following configuration: Motherboard: Intel S5000VSA CPU: Intel Xeon E5335 @ 2Ghz RAM: 2 x 1Gb DDR2 FB-DIMM 667Mhz HDD: 2 x 320 Gb SATA II + 1 x 500 Gb SATA II This server runs as a web / mail server using: Apache 2.2 MySQL 5.0 php 5 Imagick ghostscript postfix + dovecot openvpn Currently the server runs FBSD 7.0 i386 (RELENG_7). I plan to switch the server to amd64 and use ZFS. I want your suggestions about the above applications and their stability on 64 bit FBSD as well as suggestions about running ZFS on the given hardware. I will upgrade the RAM in the near future to 4 Gb. The CPU is out of the question because of the cost. I'm sorry if this is not the proper place to ask questions about FBSD amd64 but i thought that here are many people that might be using amd64 and come with some opinions. Thank you. all the best, v