Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 11:51:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Irvine Short <irvine@sanbi.ac.za> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Large memory issues on 4-STABLE Message-ID: <20030915114930.L2862@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20030915074348.R36360@fling.sanbi.ac.za> References: <20030913092804.S46465@fling.sanbi.ac.za> <20030913123257.C51554@fling.sanbi.ac.za> <20030915070012.U36360@fling.sanbi.ac.za> <20030915074348.R36360@fling.sanbi.ac.za>
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On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Irvine Short wrote: > Thanks for the definitive reply! You're quite welcome. > > > This is relevant to the work we're doing - some of my users actually > > > really do need this amount of memory. > > > > If this is the case then you should consider a 64 bit architecture, like > > ia64, sparc64, or amd64 (Opteron). > > Aah, but at the mo the 32bit systems are way way cheaper... Not for long. Opteron systems are even now quite price-competitive with i386, although I don't know the availability for people outside the US. I can go to a local computer shop and buy dual Opteron server boards and processors and not pay much more than for a nice Xeon system, and the workstation class stuff will be out Real Soon Now. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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