5 Aug
2008
5 Aug
'08
1:20 a.m.
MHR wrote:
On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 11:28 AM, nate centos@linuxpowered.net wrote:
... The above 64-bit system has 16G, the 32-bit system above has 2G.
If you have a system with 8x the size of memory than another system, it will _need_ more memory just to run.
I run 64-bit CentOS 5.2 on a system with 4GB of ram and have never had a memory problem, and only one time when it was 2GB and I inadvertently tried to open 300+ JPEGs all at the same time.
IMNSHO, if you have a 64-bit CPU, unless you have a specific need to run in 32-bit mode, use it (64-bit mode).
mhr __________________________
Just to add - I have CentOS 5.2 with 2GB running 64bit and have not experienced any problems. It's a desktop, not a server, if that matters.