From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 1 23:42:19 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BE5F16A4CE for ; Sun, 1 May 2005 23:42:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from avscan1.sentex.ca (avscan1.sentex.ca [199.212.134.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8C1043D1F for ; Sun, 1 May 2005 23:42:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from localhost (localhost.sentex.ca [127.0.0.1]) by avscan1.sentex.ca (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j41NgH8j023128; Sun, 1 May 2005 19:42:17 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from avscan1.sentex.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (avscan1.sentex.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 22818-04; Sun, 1 May 2005 19:42:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by avscan1.sentex.ca (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j41NgHBK023105; Sun, 1 May 2005 19:42:17 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from simian.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.13.3/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j41NgBDm090774; Sun, 1 May 2005 19:42:11 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <6.2.1.2.0.20050501193659.05483bd0@64.7.153.2> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.1.2 Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 19:41:52 -0400 To: Chuck Swiger From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: <42750861.8000509@mac.com> References: <6.2.1.2.0.20050501094429.06974910@64.7.153.2> <42750861.8000509@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at avscan1b cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 64bit CPUs X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 23:42:19 -0000 At 12:48 PM 01/05/2005, Chuck Swiger wrote: >Mike Tancsa wrote: >>A somewhat obvious question to some perhaps, but what server application >>mix on FreeBSD today sees an improvement using 64bit CPUs ? > >Databases. Big ones, anyway. Other than that, not much, unless you're >running processes which would like to use more than 2GB of RAM. Thanks! I was worried I was missing something obvious in all the 64bit excitement. For my apps where I cant balance across multiple machines or where space is an issue, dual core CPUs I think might be more interesting to look at in a few months. ---Mike