On Mar 2, 2009, at 10:55 AM, Dnk <d.k.emaillists at gmail.com> wrote: > Is there any real advantage to using 64 bit when I am right at the 4gb > ram threshhold? Nice plans to add more ram. > > The machine will just be a backup machie (rsync). > > Thanks in advance. These days I'd do all servers and development boxes 64-bit and only deploy 32-bit for end-user workstations. The VM management and file system management advantages are real no matter how much memory you have and the 32-bit support is perfect so there is no need to go 32-bit at all. -Ross