28 May
2012
28 May
'12
6:35 p.m.
Andy asked:
- 64-bit is alleged to be a little slower and use more
memory
per-process compared to 32-bit.
Slower I don't know about, but it certainly uses more memory.
Even if I had a 2G RAM server, I'd still want a 32-bit system.
A future memory upgrade (not planned as to when) will
obviously push
more people into the space where>2G RAM per process would be
beneficial, so I will consider switching to only 64-bit by that
time. Will anyone be terribly upset to leave 32-bit behind?
Yes. It would, for example, hurt the ability to migrate to another
distribution or go back to the base server setup - people with not more
than 2G would get all the disadvantages without any of the benefit.
Is it so much harder to stick 64-bit systems on a few very memory-heavy
servers?
Ian