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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:54:37 +0000
From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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Subject: Re: 32 or 64 bit as server ?
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On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:00:36 -0500
Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> wrote:

> Of course, things are always changing, and at this point in time, my
> advice would be "only go 32 bit if you _know_ there's something that
> won't work in 64 bit."

The only other time I'd recommend installing a 32-bit version is if
you're stuck with a machine with a very limited amount of memory. For
example I'm having to run www/mail/db in only 256MB, so I chose not to
install the 64-bit version which would use more memory.

-- 
Bruce Cran