On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Martin Turgeon wrote: > Thank you all for your advices, I will take a try with AMD64. > > I'm always impressed by the support on the FreeBSD mailinglist, continue your > good work. > > Martin > > > Stefan Lambrev a écrit : >> Hi, >> >> Martin Turgeon wrote: >>> Good afternoon, >>> >>> I just receive 2 PowerEdge servers (a 1950 and a 860) both with 4G of RAM. >>> I installed FreeBSD 6.2 Release i386 on both of them. Unfortunately, only >>> 3,5G is recognized on the 860 and 3,3G on the 1950. >>> dmesg on 860: >>> real memory = 3757834240 (3583 MB) >>> avail memory = 3678318592 (3507 MB) >>> >>> I am facing a difficult decision. Should I use i386 with PAE enabled in >>> the kernel (I read a lot of warnings using it) or should I go with AMD64? >>> Which branch should I follow? >>> >>> These servers will be front-end/back-end MySQL(with replication) and >>> Apache servers with BIND, Postfix, Dovecot, PF. >> I have NO problems with FreeBSD AMD64, at least not more then I have with >> i386 versions. >> >> I do not see a problem to run MySQL, apache, BIND,Postfix and PF - as I use >> them myself for near 2 years under freebsd amd64. >> >> I even can say that at some point amd64 becomes more stable (for me) then >> i386. >> The major problem (again for me) is that there is no way to connect 64bit >> apache under freebsd to Oracle DB. >> >> Saying that I'm quite happy using FreBSD amd64 (even for desktop/laptop >> machines) and knowing how broken is PAE .. just go for amd64. >> >>> >>> There is the detailled configuration of the servers: >>> PowerEdge 1950 >>> Xeon 5110 >>> 4G RAM >>> PERC 5 Raid controller (mfi) >>> Dual Broadcom 5708 (bce) >>> >>> PowerEdge 860 >>> Xeon 3070 >>> 4G RAM >>> LSI Logic Raid controller (mpt) >>> Dual Broadcom 5750 (bge) >> If you still consider PAE check very carefully that all your drivers work OK >> with PAE kernel! >>> >>> Thanks a lot for your advice, >>> >>> Martin Just don't expect to turn the machines into 3D desktops for at least a year :). amd64 is much better than i386 though from a functional standpoint, and your databases probably won't mind the extra precision :). -GarrettReceived on Tue Jun 19 2007 - 16:27:31 UTC
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