Re: Memory on 32bit machine

mljv(at)planwerk6(dot)de wrote:
> Am Montag, 7. Januar 2008 12:56 schrieb Florian Weimer:
>>> Or would you rather vote for 64bit because there are no problems
>>> anymore and postgresql runs fine on 64bit debian.
>> We haven't run into any trouble with iptables on Debian etch, running
>> on amd64 hardware. But we use only fairly standard iptables
>> functionality.
>
> ok, thanks for this information. It was sarge when i used iptables with 64bit
> kernel and it even failed to start up.so i'll might give 64bit another try.
>
> Are there any other recommendations whether to use 64bit or 32bit OS with
> postgresql? I just want to use 64bit if it as stable as 32bit.

I'm curious as to why you would run iptables on a database server. My
expectation would be that your database machine would be behind a
dedicated firewall.

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Until later, Geoffrey

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