[Tfug] 64 bit file server?

[Paul Scott]

Nick Lopez wrote:

>On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 11:26:12AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
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>>Can anyone give me a reason to use a 64-bit processor for a file server?
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>  Opterons (and UltraSparcs, and POWER systems) have much better IO busses
>attached to them usually than your run-of-the-mill $30 motherboard jobies. 
>But as you already mentioned that you don't need >2G files you probably
>don't care about 50+MB/s over the network, so your nearest pocket calculator
>will do just as well.
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Thanks, everyone.  This is what I thought.  Another consultant wanted to 
sell three of these (one for his business office, one for his home 
office for development and one for backup) to a client of mine.  Each 
machine would only serve 5 clients at the very most.

Paul