Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:08:19 -0700 From: Paul Lathrop <plathrop@squaretrade.com> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PAE tuning Message-ID: <45268D83.6030100@squaretrade.com> In-Reply-To: <9AEC0B71-516A-444F-B9A3-927CC37EBF07@mac.com> References: <45254F1D.5000106@squaretrade.com> <CC3AFB13-8FD9-44AB-A4FB-01F898B491C0@mac.com> <45255976.10903@squaretrade.com> <9AEC0B71-516A-444F-B9A3-927CC37EBF07@mac.com>
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Chuck Swiger wrote: > Oh, yes, one more thought-- your specific application, i.e. a large > database, is one where running in 64-bit mode is highly likely to > result in improved performance compared with running the OS in 32-bit > mode. If you've got a AMD64 or EM64T capable CPU, consider installing > the 64-bit version of FreeBSD instead of the normal 32-bit x86 version. > > ---Chuck Chuck, I've heard this idea a few times in answer to my question. Is there a 64 bit Intel distro I'm missing? I saw someone suggesting I use the AMD64 version, but when I attempt to boot that from the install disk I get some debugging output and a message saying "BTX halted" - I suspect that means I can't follow that suggestion... Thanks again for all your help! --Paul
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