From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 27 22:11:52 2010 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 CBA861065698 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:11:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f202.google.com (mail-pz0-f202.google.com [209.85.222.202]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A099E8FC17 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:11:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk40 with SMTP id 40so27428pzk.7 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:11:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=8+XBCXQ2IY8P5xA1VSh5tppdvMww1iQ5mo9zQQpfR7Q=; b=wkfXpQYW3nxPlmb5UF8DkX0IC408bJi2UVAMpm7mnYP5T9I3BnPbXKNkjXrWUMFa2O i006XsiUf+XIm4148yeFR4KvyDXh/ccJ6st/OBpFR8HS2xXuK/lIBU1bUxtD/pqAgDZM DsbBFeWF9dP14AqAxcCcHaax1R37neuSZ4jdI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=VopcxIQ8tb7v9T6VTV2aDBcns9SG4jB1p0VxmkbSqUfh2dRPoi7UKCUi1GvI+t4XHk DagMFfnY/HwWlPV4LhVt4eap4r9Bmh4lPl0MVVoq550xEJgr1Uxc7dBjs0WvW1evx/7F nKc9Z2jCpq1/BKVG7+wKA99QL3KS/2mVZLLDk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.247.1 with SMTP id u1mr310269wfh.249.1264630312326; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:11:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:11:52 -0600 Message-ID: <6201873e1001271411ya202dcy901c46a097d83bce@mail.gmail.com> From: Adam Vande More To: Iv Ray Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Opteron 1212 w/ 4 GB RAM 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: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:11:52 -0000 On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Iv Ray wrote: > We are getting a new web server - > > Singe Dual Core Opteron 1212 w/ 4 GB RAM > > It will have - > > 2 x 250 GB SATA gmirror RAID 1 > > We will run - > > - Apache 2.x > - PHP 5.x > - PostgreSQL 8.x > - Postfix 2.x > > We have a couple of questions- > > If we are more interested in stability than in features and performance - > > a) Is FreeBSD 8.0 the right for us, or shall we rather go for FreeBSD 7.x? > > b) Is i386 or amd64 the right way? > > Thanks! > > Iv > 8.0, amd64 if there's chance you'll ever put more ram in the system. -- Adam Vande More