From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 8 08:14:47 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD3DA10657E2 for ; Fri, 8 Oct 2010 08:14:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gljennjohn@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47EE48FC1E for ; Fri, 8 Oct 2010 08:14:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm4 with SMTP id 4so128931fxm.13 for ; Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:14:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:cc:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=BccnHCLj5UdiQazDRzium9EOicdbrpc03bW2EUB219k=; b=RA48oCv3kMXiRY/7fUOVj0WYGJclI98/MPx3Ip61VHhUZ1ziVS+wc89Y4OgMruC2RR HsQVhaDI7n4EDTlSRT9Ot2gkA5gerrxp+UW/19EPP7+XJRzpyXVPqGxBXiTgbA/9Kd0D 4ct4hUG25+HPnOzv5ajBh1HbXqAZlEaLArs1A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=mgHqsrzTc1LcZG783zzh+5R9p8zjVrY1yvRlQQ5fHqqSwXZWrKf6jIibDB+QjiB1Mz GPZ42ZYf4ruGaH6sY799dgpwcpop8Y7CU7NShOKpHNq8m1RkWlqxtyjtI8qgmgMM9EWn 0kcVUYIa+nczat+oadUHkpLzBT5pguiwbiP+g= Received: by 10.223.86.200 with SMTP id t8mr176309fal.66.1286523861922; Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:44:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ernst.jennejohn.org (p578E2EA5.dip.t-dialin.net [87.142.46.165]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h12sm1501022faa.13.2010.10.08.00.44.20 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:44:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 09:44:19 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn To: Robert Huff Message-ID: <20101008094419.5e3430ff@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <19630.38712.914848.866639@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <19630.38712.914848.866639@jerusalem.litteratus.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.18.7; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386 vs AMD64 for web/mysql server X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gljennjohn@googlemail.com List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 08:14:47 -0000 On Thu, 7 Oct 2010 23:59:52 -0400 Robert Huff wrote: > > Eduardo writes: > > > Should I move to AMD64 or stick to i386 ? > > I made the jump from i386 to amd64 about a year ago. > With very minor exceptions it has been painless, including not > finding any desired programs that don't work. > Your experience may differ. (Though I hope not.) > AMD64 has the advantage that it can use the RAM which the BIOS may map above 4GB due to the PCI device hole. i386 can't do that. AMD64 also has a much larger kernel virtual address space, which can be an advantage for e.g. ZFS. -- Gary Jennejohn