From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 9 04:41:47 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41AEE16A4E6 for ; Mon, 9 May 2005 04:41:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (hobbiton.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A5C843D78 for ; Mon, 9 May 2005 04:41:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.161.222.227] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.43) id 1DV05S-000H1k-Bu for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 08 May 2005 22:41:46 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v728) Message-Id: <73C9FEAF-01A5-4495-A6AA-6BE5A20F06C7@shire.net> To: FreeBSD Mailing List From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 22:41:42 -0600 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.728) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.161.222.227 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on hobbiton.shire.net X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50 autolearn=disabled version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.1+cvs (built Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:44:05 -0700) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on hobbiton.shire.net) Subject: 5-CURRENT amd64 performance versus i386 performance on same HW X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 04:41:47 -0000 I was wondering if anyone has done performance tests, especially network and disk IO tests on an opteron system, or preferably a dual opteron system, using the 5-CURRENT or similar codebase for both the amd64 release as well as the i386 release. I am wondering how the amd64 codebase compares to the i386 codebase on identical HW. This is for a server type use. I have a single processor opteron that will be put into use as a firewall[PF]/router/vpn-gateway for a bunch of other internet servers and was wondering whether to go with the amd64 or the i386 versions of FreeBSD. My other opteron (dual) is running i386 version as I had some linux and java needs which at the time I put it into service, was not readily available on amd64 (which may have changed by now). Thanks Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad@shire.net