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. > > Most of the hardware that we've installed over the last three-or-so years is 64 bit (but many were originally rolled out with 32 bit Linux), and the next internal move is to 64 bit RHEL5. Our Linux team has indicated that they won't support 32 bit for any future releases. We certainly have a significant number of 64 bit Linux servers already in production, and I haven't heard of any recent issues (although there were definitely some teething problems when the first ones were installed).
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