On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 15:44:53 +0200 Luc de Louw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Folks, > > I got to new AMD64 servers (which will host web-cyradm.org soon) with > SuSE 9.3 64Bit > > I just wanted to ask you if you had the same problems like I had: > > There is a huge mess with /usr/lib and /usr/lib64 > > I was unable to compile cyrus-imap on that system, but it seems that > SuSE now can provide good working and uptodate RPMS of cyrus-sasl and > cyrus-imap. > > How was your experiece? On FreeBSD-5.3/4: Apps that don't do much crunching don't benefit as much from 64 bit arch as those that do, e.g. heavy lifter database servers. One reason why the quads are so popular with the SAP crowd (ever check out the benchies?) I did some quick tests compiling my fave apps a while back and don't recall getting any errors comiling Cyrus/SASL2. FBSD allows you to set flag not to install/use 32 libs but I don't think I had to do anything special. It's been a long while since I "did" Linux but suspect there may be similar knob. One would expect Cyrus/ SASL2 would be pretty 64bit clean since the CMU favors Solaris boxes. (Suggest you pay close attention to your network and raid drivers though because many that claim to be 64bit clean are in fact not.) If you're open to experimentation you may want to give FBSD a try. Use the amd64 port and if that doesn't work retreat and run 32 bit under the i386 port. The AMD's still rock. For web/mail server I don't think you'll notice too large a real world difference. I've got another dual Opteron machine I'm bringing online next few days. I'll build Cyrus/SASL2 while I'm at it and let you know how it goes. My general impression of dual Opteron boxes is that they totally kick ass and I think you'll be a pretty happy camper once you get them dialed in. What did you get? -- Best regards, Ken Gunderson Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is putting a reply at the top of the message frowned upon? _______________________________________________ This mailing list is hosted and supported by bit-heads GmbH | http://www.bit-heads.ch _______________________________________________ Web-cyradm mailing list [email protected] http://www.web-cyradm.org/mailman/listinfo/web-cyradm
