Sorry... Im getting confused... So i should be running this kernel *right*?
kernel-image-2.6.8-9-em64t-p4-smp - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.8 on Intel EM64T SMP systems
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Simon Buchanan wrote:
Yep.. But the server i have is a dual xeon. Which is *NOT* 64bit - right? Are you saying that the AMD64 is faster as an alternative for the xeon?
Ron Johnson wrote:
On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 16:00 +1300, Simon Buchanan wrote:
Is there a benifit to running in 64bit mode? This is a mail server running postfix and DBmail.
AMD64 is faster at most all CPU-bound operations. SpamAssassin tends to be CPU- and RAM-intensive, so maybe there would be some benefit. (In benchmarks, AMD64 is never *slower* than Athlon XP, but performs some benchmarks in the same amount of clock time.
And, of course, if you're going to use a lot of 4GB+ of RAM, AMD64 is *the* way to go.
Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote:
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:38:43 +1300, Simon Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi There,
I am just about to install sarge onto a dual xeon (Nocona 800MHz FSB)
server... and just checking the kernel with 'atp-cache search
kernel-image'. Im wanting to use the 2.6 kernel... so would this be the
correct kernel-image?:
kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686 - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.8 on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV.
If you'd run it in 32bit mode, yes. Since it's a dual processor, get the SMP-enabled kernel
If you're to run it in 64bit mode, you'd need to get the kernel compiled with amd64-generic/ em64t support (preferrably the SMP-enabled ones), then use the debian-amd64 port.
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