Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:53:11 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Large memory issues on 4-STABLE Message-ID: <20030926205311.CD2995D04@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> <20030915114930.L2862@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 11:51:26 -0700 (PDT) > From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > > 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. RSN has already come. Today's Fry's ad in the SJ Mercury lists an AMD64 3200+ with mobo for about $650. (I don't recall the mobo.) -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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