Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:49:32 -0800 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Iv Ray <pobox@verysmall.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Opteron 1212 w/ 4 GB RAM Message-ID: <83E26D74-56FF-4B60-B675-7AC43D7540CB@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <B775FC11-8DF3-4E5A-8BA8-F66397B82485@verysmall.org> References: <B775FC11-8DF3-4E5A-8BA8-F66397B82485@verysmall.org>
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Hi-- On Jan 27, 2010, at 1:49 PM, Iv Ray wrote: > If we are more interested in stability than in features and performance - > > a) Is FreeBSD 8.0 the right for us, or shall we rather go for FreeBSD 7.x? Pretty much by definition, the stability of a .x release is better than that of a .0 release. That said, I haven't heard of major issues with 8.0, so either is likely to be fine. > b) Is i386 or amd64 the right way? For a machine with 4GB of RAM, amd64 is likely to be a better choice. Regards, -- -Chuck
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