On 3/16/09 5:46 PM, apostolos pantazis wrote: > These days it seems to be getting harder and harder finding quality > support under 32 BIT; In some cases vendors have flat out specified > that the future of support under 32 BIT is grim. Yet the enterprises > of the world are still running 32 BIT and I am wondering: what is your > experience in regards to the future of 32 BIT? These days 64 BIT > hardware seems cheap enough almost making it tempting to begin > thinking about a migration. The Linux Kernel is mature enough in its > 64 bit state to support enterprise grade loads. what is everybody > doing out there? I am trying to get a feel for the direction of the > industry. Is is too early for 64 bit? your input is appreciated. > We've seen that too many vendors are not supporting 32-bit anymore and all of the hardware we buy is 64-bit so we've told our internal clients that we will no longer be deploying 32-bit Linux. It's also a simplification and standardization measure for us as we've had to write, test, and maintain multiple patching procedures, etc. My experience has been that the 64-bit kernels *seem* to be more stable than our 32-bit installs as well.
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