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On 4 Mar 2011, at 12:13, Tom Evans wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Dr Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk> =
wrote:
>>=20
>> p.s. there are some HVM XEN hosts out there, but it looks like =
they're all
>> _much_ more expensive that the hosting provider that I'm considering, =
which
>> appears to be offering a sweet spot of memory/cost.
>=20
> PAE? What is this, the 90s? ;)
>=20
> i386 + ZFS is not a wise move IMO. Any reason why you cannot use =
amd64?
>=20

Hey Tom,

The problem actually boils down to the fact that our amd64 XEN support =
isn't entirely para-virtualized, which means it needs hardware =
virtualisation support (HVM) to run. There hosting provider I'm looking =
at doesn't support HVM, leaving me unable to take advantage of amd64 in =
this scenario. There are other providers that do, but they are twice as =
much cost for half as much ram.

Joe