> XFS is not stable on 32-bit systems. You should not use it there. You > need a 64-bit kernel. > > Default for servers should be 64-bit now anyway. Not many reasons left > for a 32-bit system, and more and more 3. party applications have less > and less support for 32-bit platforms in general. > That is for you rich people :-) Not everyone can afford the latest and greatest server hardware. There are tons of older servers out there. I still manage some servers with only 2GB of RAM and some of their motherboards accept a *maximum* of 4GB. Those precious few GB are better used with a 32bit OS, don't you agree?