From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 20 22:33:51 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4A411065679 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:33:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jgrosch@mooseriver.com) Received: from gdead.mooseriver.com (gdead.mooseriver.com [205.166.121.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E2378FC19 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:33:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jgrosch@mooseriver.com) Received: by gdead.mooseriver.com (Postfix, from userid 2010) id 22B976334D; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:13:53 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on gdead.mooseriver.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 Received: from mooseriver.com (berkeley.mooseriver.com [75.61.201.134]) by gdead.mooseriver.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B2B86332C; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:13:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mooseriver.com (Postfix, from userid 200) id 7BBF02F701E; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:13:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:13:51 -0700 From: Josef Grosch To: "B. Cook" Message-ID: <20080820221351.GA88907@mooseriver.com> References: <56DA0457-3CAA-4B73-B35B-CE4DD624517C@poughkeepsieschools.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="2oS5YaxWCcQjTEyO" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <56DA0457-3CAA-4B73-B35B-CE4DD624517C@poughkeepsieschools.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Organization: Moose River, LLC Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PAE or 64bit? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: jgrosch@MooseRiver.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:33:51 -0000 --2oS5YaxWCcQjTEyO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 06:04:27PM -0400, B. Cook wrote: > hey all, >=20 > Looking for opinions.. >=20 > We are going to be getting a server for drupal, running lighttpd and =20 > php, as well as exim and SA with clamav, courier or dovecot, mysql =20 > 51.. etc. >=20 > Right now this setup does about 200G per month (we have two boxes) and = =20 > were looking at getting one box to do it all (business department =20 > reasons) and assuming it would be doing double the work.. we would be =20 > looking at a single box running 600GB max per month in traffic (about =20 > 2Mb/sec).. >=20 > We would be (hopefully) be going with sas drives instead of the sata =20 > we have atm. Not trying to make this a debate about hardware but.. >=20 > The question of at least 4G of ram came up.. and we starting debating =20 > about PAE or just going with x64.. >=20 > we would not be using zfs, we would be running RELENG_7_0. >=20 > again, looking for opinions on PAE vs x64 for this type of setup. >=20 > Thanks in advance In my experience, PAE is brittle and has limited driver support. I'm just not a fan of it, I prefer 64 bit. In the long run 64 bit is the path of least resistance but your mileage may vary. Josef --=20 Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 6.3 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | Berkeley, Ca. --2oS5YaxWCcQjTEyO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFIrJcfy8prLS1GYSERAqe8AKCf2CGxlDuybTcfozOjsy/O1Y7HWwCgt5nK L5BEUtvFxSVIb1N5nB38LS4= =vmYv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2oS5YaxWCcQjTEyO--