Hi all,
Somebody knows from where can I download 64 bits version of Thunderbird2?? In mozilla's website only 32 bits exists.
Thanks.
carlopmart wrote:
Hi all,
Somebody knows from where can I download 64 bits version of Thunderbird2?? In mozilla's website only 32 bits exists.
I'd suggest sticking to 32-bit. Thunderbird is already a memory pig, using 64-bit version would only make it worse.
My Thunderbird has been running for about 18 hours and is using over 200MB of memory already(2.0.0.6).
In 64-bit mode I wouldn't be surprised if the same usage would come out to 500MB+ memory usage.
Of course if you have enough memory not to care to set aside half a gig to your e-mail client then go for it.
nate
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On 02/22/2008 04:46 PM, nate wrote:
carlopmart wrote:
I'd suggest sticking to 32-bit. Thunderbird is already a memory pig, using 64-bit version would only make it worse.
Why?
My Thunderbird has been running for about 18 hours and is using over 200MB of memory already(2.0.0.6).
The same here. Thunderbird is running for 3 hours and use 216 MB virtual memory size/ 90 MB resident set size.
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In 64-bit mode I wouldn't be surprised if the same usage would come out to 500MB+ memory usage.
Again why?
Of course if you have enough memory not to care to set aside half a gig to your e-mail client then go for it.
nate
cheers Simon
Simon Jolle sjolle wrote:
In 64-bit mode I wouldn't be surprised if the same usage would come out to 500MB+ memory usage.
Again why?
Because 64-bit apps in general use more memory
SSH 64-bit: root 4193 0.0 0.0 21932 1272 ? Ss Jan29 1:00 /usr/sbin/sshd
SSH 32-bit: root 19725 0.0 0.0 4392 276 ? Ss 2007 7:52 /usr/sbin/sshd
500%+ more memory
SNMPD 64-bit: root 4146 0.0 0.0 88316 5952 ? S Jan29 2:58 /usr/sbin/snmpd -Lsd -Lf /dev/null -p /var/run/snmpd.pid -a
SNMPD 32-bit: root 19928 0.0 0.1 14436 2032 ? S 2007 42:07 /usr/sbin/snmpd -Lsd -Lf /dev/null -p /var/run/snmpd -a
600%+ more memory
Apache 64-bit: apache 24540 0.3 0.2 108212 13700 ? S 11:17 0:28 /usr/sbin/httpd
Apache 32-bit(same module config): apache 28602 0.0 0.6 16136 6884 ? S 08:19 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
600%+ more memory
List goes on..
I don't mean to imply that it's certain to use 2-3x more memory, but in my experience it appears that 64-bit apps use much more memory than 32-bit. I've read they can use up to 2x more memory, but clearly in some cases it can go way beyond 2x.
It's just not worth it for most things. I tried migrating a web server that runs Ruby on Rails/FastCGI from 32-bit to 64-bit and experienced a 300% increase in memory utilization and about a 75% reduction in performance. (before that my goal was to try to make everything 64-bit to make it easier to manage).
nate
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