apostolos pantazis <[email protected]> writes: > 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?
Almost all server kit worth having (at least, if you are paying for power) supports the x86_64 extensions these days. Personally, I support a bunch of RHEL5/CentOS5 Xen hosts, and I see many more bugs on the hosts running an i386 hypervisor/control domain than I see on the hosts running an x86_64 hypervisor/control domain. (my theory is that the i386 code just doesn't get exercised as much.) As for small servers (which I usually put on Xen guests) i386 still has something of an edge. Libs, from what I understand, consume more ram in x86_64 than in i386. that said, you can get 32GB of registered ecc ddr2 for under $700 these days, so personally I don't worry about it. All my stuff is x86_64. _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
