On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 15:46 -0700, 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.
The direction of the industry is virtualization. Running simultaneous 32bit and 64bit hosts on modern hardware isn't a problem; so just run what is appropriate. For the vast majority of loads it makes no difference anyway (given that in the real world most servers are underutilized). -- OpenGroupware developer: [email protected] <http://whitemiceconsulting.blogspot.com/> OpenGroupare & Cyrus IMAPd documenation @ <http://docs.opengroupware.org/Members/whitemice/wmogag/file_view> _______________________________________________ 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/
