From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 26 03:58:39 2008 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 5C70B106564A for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 03:58:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from timothyk@wallnet.com) Received: from mta1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.4.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36A598FC08 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 03:58:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from timothyk@wallnet.com) Received: from tim-kellerss-macbook-pro.local (ool-18bb7953.dyn.optonline.net [24.187.121.83]) by mta1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0KCG006XJSBMY330@mta1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:28:34 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:28:34 -0500 From: Tim Kellers To: freebsd general questions Message-id: <49544F62.7050709@wallnet.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Macintosh/20081105) Subject: Dell 2850 use 32 or 64 bit? 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: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 03:58:39 -0000 I just bought a Dell 2850 (2 2.8GHZ dual core processors). The server will be used as a webserver, e-mail server. and a db server (both PostgresQL and My SQL Beyond the breaking of the 4 Gig RAM barrier, is there any compelling reason to use a 32 bit i386 or a 64 bit AMD OS? The machine currently has just a gig of RAM but I'm going to add more, soon. The machine runs headless and has no xorg, installed. A pointer to an article that discusses the 32 bit v 64 bit question would be appreciated as well. dell# uname -a FreeBSD dell.smsd.tv 7.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE #0: Thu Dec 25 04:12:57 EST 2008 root@dell.smsd.tv:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/DELL i386 TIA Tim Kellers