[CentOS] CentOS x64 on non-64 bit systems

> In our environment, we have a mixture of 32 and 64 bit systems.  Would
> the 64-bit CentOS flavor work 32 bit systems?  What kind of impact
> would this have on performance if the 64-bit OS on 32-bit hardware?

Immense impact, I'd venture to guess performance would drop by about 100%.

(In other words it wouldn't even boot)

Cheers,
MaZe.