[Tfug] 64 bit file server?

[Bowie J. Poag]

I know of a good OS you can try.

It's called "The box you spec'ed is enormous, retarded overkill". I've 
installed it on a few machines using the "Neither your OS not your 
hardware will be your bottleneck, noob." installer, using the "Your 
bottleneck will be your storage path's bandwidth, you tool." option 
turned on at install time.

I was impressed!



Harry McGregor wrote:

>I don't know, or even thing 64bit ness is worth it, but the system
>design can be.
>
>I would take a single/dual opteron, with a 64 bit PCI-X bus over just
>about any other PC class system available.
>
>Intel can't compete bandwidth wise with the Xeon, even their EMT64
>extensions.
>
>Would you need to install 64Bit on the opteron... No.  Does the whole
>system make the cost worth it.  Yes.
>
>
>			Harry
>
>
>On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 16:34 -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
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>>dave jordan wrote:
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>>>when combined with 64bit OS, ability to atomically support file sizes
>>>larger than 2^32-1 bytes.
>>> 
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>>>
>>Since I don't need to support files that large I guess there's no reason 
>>to spend the extra money.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Paul
>>
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