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. > > If these answers include database, webserver and/or > 4gb of RAM then I'd > definately go 64bit. From what I've seen these are the main areas where > 64bit will benefit you. >