Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:41:07 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> To: Paul Vixie <paul@redbarn.org> Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: choice of i386 vs amd64 guest Message-ID: <20161018084107.GA60191@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> In-Reply-To: <58058A64.6010908@redbarn.org> References: <20161018015903.GA42265@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <58058A64.6010908@redbarn.org>
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Paul Vixie wrote: > > > > > When I must run several FreeBSD guests in bhyve, should I prefer i386 > > or amd64 guests provided a guest will never need more than 2-3 GB of > > RAM? > > if you're running bind9, the sizeof(void *) will dominate your heap > size, and a 32-bit guest will be better overall, given that you don't > need the larger addressing size. Those guests will be running web servers mostly. > > for everything else, the larger register set on amd64 will matter more, > and you should probably use a 64-bit guest. There is an opinion that 64-bit systems use up more resources than 32-bit ones for the same tasks, it that not true? -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN sip:sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru
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