From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 26 13:52:52 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 321151065675 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:52:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from timothyk@wallnet.com) Received: from mta5.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta5.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.4.200]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0884E8FC16 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:52:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from timothyk@wallnet.com) Received: from tim-kellerss-macbook-pro.local (ool-18bb7953.dyn.optonline.net [24.187.121.83]) by mta5.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0KCH0098EL82SVI0@mta5.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:52:51 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:52:50 -0500 From: Tim Kellers In-reply-to: <495469ED.4040900@gmail.com> To: Tim Judd Message-id: <4954E1B2.6020503@wallnet.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <49544F62.7050709@wallnet.com> <495469ED.4040900@gmail.com> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Macintosh/20081105) 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 13:52:52 -0000 Tim Judd wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ > 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" > > Thanks for the reply. I already know it is 64 bit capable. I 'm interested in finding out if their are measurable performance advantages to running it using 64 v 32 bit FreeBSD. Thanks Tin Kellers