At 09:58 AM 5/31/2010, D4rKr0W wrote: >I have run my gameservers on a rootserver for months now and i find >myself having to reset the server due to some messed up update (don't >ask). I wanted to ask you guys for advice, since i have the possibility >to choose between a 32 bit image and a 64 bit one for debian stable, >which i will be using to run the gameservers and a small webserver for >my community sites. > >The machine has plenty of horsepower for my small needs, it's an i7 920 >with 8gb of ram and 2 750 SATA2 drives in mirroring. > >I noticed a small decrease of performance once installing hlxce on the >two l4d1 servers i had running, my community consists of competitive >players so they're a little bitchy about hit reg, but l4d2 servers were >pretty much fine. > >I am really tempted on trying out the performance on a 64bit setup, a >colleague of mine said to me it runs just fine and there are not any >compatibility issues that i should worry about, except for those 32bit >libs which i need to install. Is there anything i should take into >account before installing the 64bit OS? How is your experience on it?
64bit OS is irrelevant because the binaries are 32bit and run in compatibility mode, and not long mode. You cannot tell the difference between a 32bit binary that runs on a flat 32bit system and a 32bit binary on a 64bit system (in compatibility mode) _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
