Re: i386 or amd64?

[Maximo Pech]

2011/8/5 System Administrator <ad...@bitwise.net>

> Looking to build a firewall for a fairly busy (25+mb) site. Hardware is
> Dell PE2850, 2 Xeon 64-bit CPUs, 4GB RAM, 6 em(4) interfaces. Software
> is primarily pf(4) and relayd(8).
>
> Not so long ago the recommendation was to use the i386 build for a
> slight perfomance and stability benefit. Is that still the case? What
> are the advantages and shortcomings of amd64?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
Ask the guys at devio.us ;-)