From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 11 14:21:15 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5527A106566C for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:21:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brian@brianwhalen.net) Received: from mail-lb0-f182.google.com (mail-lb0-f182.google.com [209.85.217.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C45238FC18 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:21:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lbon10 with SMTP id n10so3465269lbo.13 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:21:13 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=oTgk0l/yvg0ONjDWfj/3bguZbcAkyb8xsPJvk8IjfhU=; b=NshXzPVgHeYBgzKyTnogEX9FxWtE9CK7F6X9N4wzz+DfBVfNuZZmtOMoVa0bmypO+d W6zzImN7fBp9+5iocZLM4VU17mSTxw2t0GvgmQh+j1DFBqKcoZLgKA/sQIea+Nb+QGAq SO2x891EeQjdOO25PGz58q45fvahuCf1tVwT+duUbJiNRwZL8pq8YBpjFeGy0XTzmwtD nnT8eplgA7v36gblWLp1GHKtdANpVHm8LySZy2DTyajxge18FN8Hw9e0D3j6dy+oUsPE kJNo7RaIP5JRnGk2oqY6mHY4E9r1NbZRB7YeOkOBAdW49VALlMoi6NULRAzK192u76JX TUGg== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.152.125.236 with SMTP id mt12mr17327729lab.12.1339424473756; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:21:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.13.8 with HTTP; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:21:13 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [66.93.34.235] Received: by 10.114.13.8 with HTTP; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:21:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:21:13 -0700 Message-ID: From: "Brian W." To: Doug Hardie , FreeBSD Mailing List X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmFoIwSm50wlE7nGdT2SKVZGTm9X+yuOf/W0FwIj/fOd69UZSiof2/HeWKCou3osPad+lp+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Version Selection X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:21:15 -0000 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" 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" >