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,