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. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!