| From: | "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com> |
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| To: | Sven Willenberger <sven(at)dmv(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Craig <postgresql(at)bryden(dot)co(dot)za>, PG-General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL on 64-bit operating systems |
| Date: | 2005-11-01 22:12:33 |
| Message-ID: | 20051101221233.GM20349@pervasive.com |
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On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 03:52:50PM -0500, Sven Willenberger wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 22:00 +0200, Craig wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I am going to be hosting a PostgreSQL database on a new server. We
> > will be purchasing a server with the AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor.
> > We are now posed with a choice of "FreeBSD 5.4" or "FreeBSD 5.4
> > x86_64Bit". My question is: Will PostgreSQL 8.04 run perfectly on a
> > 64-bit OS, or should I run the 32 bit OS for now?
> >
> > Any help will be greatly appreciated
> >
>
> Runs perfectly fine on 5.4-Release AMD64 here, built straight from
> ports.
My understanding is that there is no 32 bit version of FBSD on Opterons;
as soon as buildworld sees it's on an Opteron everything goes 64 bit.
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