From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 18 19:20:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F2F216A4FB; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 19:20:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wmptl.net (mail.wmptl.com [216.8.159.131]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D59D043D41; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 19:20:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ITStaff@wmptl.com) Received: from transcon ([10.0.0.3]) by wmptl.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id i9IJKAlM073646; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 15:20:10 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <000501c4b547$6a577b00$0300000a@transcon> From: "Communications Machine" To: Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 15:19:40 -0400 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-Spam-Score: -96 () RANDOM_WORDS,USER_IN_WHITELIST X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.30 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: OT: Upgrade feasibility, to AMD64/5.x.x or to stay i386/4.9 on AMD64 hardware? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Communications Machine List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 19:20:12 -0000 Hey all, looking to upgrade a server used in a small business here, looking for opinions and advice about migrating to an AMD64 system, vs. using i386 box, also if it would not be just as feasible to use i386 distribution on AMD64 hardware simply for the speed? Here's what we've got now, and have been running for a few years without fail; just things getting a little slow to keep-up with things now: AMD K62 - 300mhz CPU 768 Megs RAM 60GB ATA-133 and 80GB ATA-133 Drive attached to Promise TX2 Controller (no raid) System serves as: - mailserver (sendmail/pop3/spamd/mimedefang with custom filters) - webserver ('standard' apache serving mostly static pages) - application server (apache/mod_perl mostly, lot of custom apps) - squid proxy server/gateway using authentication and custom logging - samba server for workgroup, not primary fileserver but used quite a bit - MySQL server *** several databases nearing couple hundred megs worth of data, queries starting to take longer than ever before... - FTP server, (combined with http/upload virtually hosted site), operates as place for customers/vendors to drop/receive data - used quite frequently, but for mostly sub 1gb files - many custom apps, mostly written in PERL, which process data via cronjobs, etc. Here's what we're proposing for the new hardware: AMD Athlon64 - 3200+ (Socket 754 - I know, but it's cheap) MSI K8T-FSR (VIA Chipset) Adaptec AAC-2410SA 4-Port S-ATA RAID Controller (4) Seagate 200GB S-ATA Drives to be configured RAID 5 2048MB DDR400 Non-ECC RAM DVD-ROM, floppy, etc... Just wondering if we should maintain i386/4.9 distribution and wait for the AMD64 platform to mature further into stability as the releases progress... or to jump on the FreeBSD 5.x.x bandwagon and go with a native AMD64 platform; so long as we can run Apache/mod_perl + mysql, things should be all good... or not? Any advice, suggestions (hardware or software) would be greatly appreciated, please either CC the list and reply, or vice-versa as we are not directly subscribed to the mailing list for -questions, only for amd64 - thank-you. -- Nathan Vidican itstaff@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/