Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 16:54:32 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sten_Daniel_S=F8rsdal?= <lists@wm-access.no> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 64bit CPUs Message-ID: <42763F28.7020502@wm-access.no> In-Reply-To: <6.2.1.2.0.20050501094429.06974910@64.7.153.2> References: <6.2.1.2.0.20050501094429.06974910@64.7.153.2>
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Mike Tancsa wrote: > A somewhat obvious question to some perhaps, but what server application > mix on FreeBSD today sees an improvement using 64bit CPUs ? In my ISP > centric world, my big apps are BIND, IMAP/POP3, httpd via apache, SMTP, > AV and SPAM scanning, and firewalls/routing. Apart from larger RAM, why > would these benefit from the 64bit world ? Or would they ? Any application that would benefit from being able to copy 64 bits at a time, i assume. Video applications and perhaps some encryption applications. Perhaps IPv6 core would have a slight benefit (although probably not with current code). Almost all the applications that you mention are doing mostly string operations (afaik). Perhaps VPN tunnels could benefit (unless of course you use hardware vpns like we do). -- Sten Daniel Sørsdal
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