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Date:      Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:49:32 -0800
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Iv Ray <pobox@verysmall.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Opteron 1212 w/ 4 GB RAM
Message-ID:  <83E26D74-56FF-4B60-B675-7AC43D7540CB@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <B775FC11-8DF3-4E5A-8BA8-F66397B82485@verysmall.org>
References:  <B775FC11-8DF3-4E5A-8BA8-F66397B82485@verysmall.org>

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Hi--

On Jan 27, 2010, at 1:49 PM, Iv Ray wrote:
> 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?

Pretty much by definition, the stability of a .x release is better than that of a .0 release.  That said, I haven't heard of major issues with 8.0, so either is likely to be fine.

> b) Is i386 or amd64 the right way?

For a machine with 4GB of RAM, amd64 is likely to be a better choice.

Regards,
-- 
-Chuck




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