Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:21:13 -0700 From: "Brian W." <brian@brianwhalen.net> To: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Version Selection Message-ID: <CADV=szVSJNZ0wjNYg-vDWMjW_JuV5G-W56Xgg5W96a2d=SQfTg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CE498537-EAB7-4245-AF7A-FEC60663C48F@lafn.org> References: <CE498537-EAB7-4245-AF7A-FEC60663C48F@lafn.org>
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There are two advantages that come to mind quickly. With amd64 you could install more than 4 gigs of ram and have it recognized. With i386 if you need to do this pae would need to be installed, which FreeBSD doc pages say is if beta quality. I bet that amd64 will get more dev attention. On Jun 10, 2012 11:21 PM, "Doug Hardie" <bc979@lafn.org> wrote: > I have a number of servers that I am about to upgrade to FreeBSD 9.0. The > processors all have the ability to run i386 or amd64. The machines all > have 2 GB memory which is more than adequate for their intended use. Some > of these are replacing very old equipment that is being retired and did not > have the ability to run amd64 so everything has been i386 till now. The > question is what are the advantages or disadvantages of switching to amd64? > I have tested all the various applications on amd64 and they work fine. > Is there going to be any benefit down the road in a few years to being on > amd64? If so, now would be the time to switch. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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