Well I would give the 64-bit version of the CentOS Kernel. I should say give RHEL X 64-bit Kernel another year. If you only have two GB of ram and no upgrades to four GB of ram for 6 months. I would go with 32-bit for another 6 months while all 64-bit compiling gotchas are fixed in GCC and any 64-bit kernel security issues are fixed.
That is my $0.02 cents. Mike Miller On 4/5/06, Garl Grigsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm in the process of building a new server and I have a decision to > make: Do I install 32-bit or 64-bit Linux (well do I stick with the > 64-bit version I've already installed). I've poke about on the interweb > but haven't found anything to sway me one way or the other. > > Here is what the server will be doing: DHCP, DNS, Samba PDC, SVN server, > internal web server running a few PHP pages all tied to a MySQL > database, and SugarCRM (again more PHP, and MySQL). X-windows get > started rarely (the owner of the company likes to do things for himself > sometimes and prefers the GUI). > > Hardware: Opteron w/2GB RAM, 3ware Raid controller, and a bunch of > disks. At Some Point in the Future(TM) I may add a second processor and > more RAM, probably no more than an additional 2GB. > > Is there any advantage or dis-advantage to running 64-bit? This server > will never see more than 4GB of RAM. I can almost guarantee it. Expected > life of the server is 3 years. CentOS is the OS-flavor of choice. > > Comments? Suggestions? > > Thanks, > Garl > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
