[CentOS] Re: x86_64 versus i386

Scott Silva ssilva at sgvwater.com
Mon Dec 3 16:08:47 UTC 2007


on 12/2/2007 9:14 PM Manish Kathuria spake the following:
> On 12/3/07, redhat at mckerrs.net <redhat at mckerrs.net> wrote:
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Manish Kathuria" <mkathuria at tuxtechnologies.co.in>
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> On the Intel Core 2 Duo processor based systems, we have the option of
>> installing either x86_64 or the i386 distribution. I would like to
>> know your experiences with the x86_64 port. How does it compare with
>> the i386 distribution in terms of stability, reliability and
>> performance ? How significant are the performance benefits gained by
>> using the x86_64 linux instead of i386 on the same system ? Keeping in
>> mind a production environment, which port of CentOS do you recommend
>> for a Core 2 Duo based server ? It would be great to have your
>> opinion.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Manish
>>
>>
>> For me it comes down to 2 things;
>>
>>
>> 1) what are you going to use the server for ?
> 
> Typical uses like a mail server running sendmail / postfix along with
> amavis and spamassassin, a proxy server and a mysql database on
> different systems.
> 
>> 2) how much ram do you have ?
>>
> 
> a maximum of 2 GB.
> 
With only 2 gigs of ram, you might not see a big difference either way.

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