From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 26 05:21:49 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 E2D5E1065670 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 05:21:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B31F08FC12 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 05:21:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so4902134rvf.43 for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:21:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=49DG+Rafi7UHM5FrrIjgXlAe3MLLLttzKxmHv/BmWEw=; b=uW7MGFfyBtyVPFdnISsuVOlnlKh5WvD7CQaDVSSVNLye7eL++rC22FgzRxijiEgMsm AvceGDGdNJtUkcH+Om0akvyjwcr73u5ic4+zZ/8YO3DJYJucAA/rfrl7lrKb1vBSmn4c 1bt4EvZHjlQnYm8nxzHKpV76+cUlG7xs8sJtk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=vNgKF17P3v5bPzX8xbhBfX7hi8d4qRpCfdHCc8q+26AQKYirZ0JYvP06wlD9L86ndt IMFIUlctBj91GHHPUAhwIhx6KPeIebZ99APU78qF+ihSSosD9oO/PB+uyB9HD5gfTJRv R/Vz8urVBe3s+sWlOdm+AqkOlKAjQUsVE6Sz8= Received: by 10.141.2.18 with SMTP id e18mr5104325rvi.142.1230268909377; Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:21:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.4.70? (c-76-113-34-1.hsd1.nm.comcast.net [76.113.34.1]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c20sm5302888rvf.5.2008.12.25.21.21.47 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:21:48 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <495469ED.4040900@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:21:49 -0700 From: Tim Judd User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Windows/20081105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tim Kellers References: <49544F62.7050709@wallnet.com> In-Reply-To: <49544F62.7050709@wallnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd general questions Subject: Re: 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 05:21:50 -0000 Tim Kellers wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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" it's more important to know the CPU inside the machine, by model number instead of the model of the outer case. If windows is still on it, run the cpu identification utility from intel, IF it's an intel cpu. The id utility will tell you if it's 64-bit capable. Using Dell's service tag and looking at warranty/original system config might be a good resource too. Good luck.