[CentOS] Which version of Centos 4.2

Paul Heinlein wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Chris Mauritz wrote:
>
>> Johnny Hughes wrote:
>>>  Personally ... unless I know for a fact that I will not need any
>>>  i386 software, I install i386 and not x86_64 distro.  If I wanted
>>>  a workstation, I would not install x86_64.  That is just my
>>>  opinion.
>>
>> Me too.  8-)
>
> Da! The i386 release is blistering fast and very well behaved on the 
> Opterons in our shop.

Yup, it's very happy on my dual Opteron 270 boxes too.  Is there any 
reliable information on potential speedup by going to 64-bit?  For 
typical server duty, I can't see how, but I'm sure that's not the case 
on boxes with big honkin' databases or ones doing serious number crunching.

Cheers,