> Where I work, we made the transition to 64 on Linux in two areas before we > transitioned everywhere else: databases and logging systems. Eventually, the > decision was made that having a special build for 32 bit didn't make sense > from a support perspective.
Serious potential irritant on a 32-bit box: a log file unexpectedly hits 2G, you don't have syslog configured to do anything special (like rotate it on a size limit...), and you lose data. This happens more than folks like. And bosses don't like hearing "oops, we lost data because we didn't predict for X hardware failure to cause the logfile to hit 2G" .... Careful config of log destinations can reduce pain, but still... --elijah _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
