On Wed, 15 Dec 2010, Jason Qualkenbush wrote:
I'm being asked to build a 32bit system. There is no specific reason for this to be 32bit except my boss likes that there are less libraries to install. This is a CentOS 5 install and they way things work, this will remain a 32bit install for the next four years (until a hardware refresh). It's hard for me to explain why, but that just feels dirty to me. When in performance tuning classes, it was understood that you want 64bit over 32bit. I can't use "people told me 64bit is better", but I keep reading "unless you have a specific reason for 32bit, choose 64". I need something that has details.
I have one 32 bit system in an otherwise 64 bit environment. The main practical problem I found is that I need to have packages just for it.
Running RHEL/Centos 5 I'm ended up getting rpms of various packages that aren't in the standard repos. Often they are backports ( php, nagios ) or are just packages that didn't make it into the official trees.
Having a 32 bit box means I have to download (for my local repo) extra versions of each of those packages (and their dependencies) so it is an
overhead just for one machine. -- Simon Lyall | Very Busy | Web: http://www.darkmere.gen.nz/ "To stay awake all night adds a day to your life" - Stilgar | eMT.
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