[CentOS] 32 Bit vs. 64 Bit Linux Server installation

Mogens Kjaer mk at crc.dk
Fri Nov 9 09:17:10 UTC 2007


Simon Jolle wrote:
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> When would you choose 64 Bit and when 32 Bit?

Some applications run faster when they are compiled
and run under x86_64. I've seen programs running 30% faster.

On i386, each process is limited to 2G RAM address space.

My own desktop is Fedora 7 x86_64 with 32bit Firefox (to use
plugins that are 32 bits only).

All our 64bit servers run x86_64 Centos 5 or RHEL 5.1.

Mogens
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