----- przemolicc at poczta.fm wrote: > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 06:56:01PM +0200, przemolicc at poczta.fm wrote: > > Hello, > > > > one of our developers is developing his Web applications > (PHP-based+MySql) on 64-bit Fedora. He would like to use the same, > 64-bit environment on CentOS. I am not against 64-bits (we use it for > many, many years using Solaris) but what concerns me is the stability > of 64-bit Linux. Can you share your experience regarding stability of > 32-bit and 64-bit CentOS ? Does anybody use 64-bit CentOS in > production (web applications) environment ? > > Thank you all for your answers. It seems that stability of 64-bit > CentOS is not an issue. > > However, to continune this discussion, could you please explain why > did you switch to 64-bit environment ? > If you have databases and want to use buffer cache bigger then 4GB it > is clear for me. In other words > 64-bit for databases is perfect solution (unless your requirements for > database cache are really small). > But how about other environments like web servers, fileservers, > application servers ? > Why did you switch do 64-bit ? What did you gain (from technical point > of view) ? > > My choice of 64-bit was for two reasons: The first, I run some pretty intense database rigs that are infinitely more robust on a 64 bit platform. The second reason, any server grade hardware I buy is going to support 64 bit now. Why waste it? :-) --Tim