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On Mar 9, 2006, at 9:06 AM, JoaoBR wrote:

> Is it worth to migrate e P4-em64t system to amd64 or let it as  
> i386? In this
> case it would be for a DNS server and FTP server.

Do you need > 4GB RAM for these services?  If no, I see no benefit to  
running 64-bit for a simple DNS or FTP server.  However, if you're  
doing a new install, then go with 64-bit FreeBSD.