Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 02:40:13 +0200 From: "Joel V." <joel@almic.ee> To: <freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org> Subject: 5.2 and amd64 - good enough for a production server? Message-ID: <000201c3c2a4$07423370$1900a8c0@CHARON>
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Just making sure I understand everything, before I go to my boss and = tell him to buy a 4000$ opteron box. =3D) 1) All the ports are working fine? I can go to /usr/ports/x and make = install clean and I got myself a 64-bit binary working on a 64-bit operating = system? (I'm mainly interested in Apache, qmail, vpopmail, proftpd and samba, = which are quite essential to have.) 2) AMD64 version of 5.2 will support the same amount of hardware than = i368 version? The most important area of support being RAID controllers, for = me at least. (Adaptec SCSI for booting and system disks, 3ware ATA for dedicated backup disks. Oh, and what about RAID management tools?) 3) Last but not least - 32-bit compatibility? I know Linux binary compatibility, both 32-bit and 64-bit is NOT DONE, but when will it be? = Will it take a month, half a year or more? Its not a matter of life and = death, but it would be good to know. And as far as I understand, at this moment = I cannot also run 32-bit FreeBSD binaries from earlier 5.x releases? Please be not offended by my outrageously newbie-esque questions. Take care and thanks in advance! Joel V.
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