64bits or 32 bits on ESX?

From: Bjørn T Johansen <btj(at)havleik(dot)no>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: 64bits or 32 bits on ESX?
Date: 2010-01-21 07:06:48
Message-ID: 20100121080648.1578e41d@btj-tux.asp-as.no
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We are going to be setting up a PostgreSQL server on a guest under VMWare ESX 4... Is there any performance improvement by choosing 64bits Linux over
32bits Linux as the guest OS or is it almost the same?

Regards,

BTJ

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