Re: [GENERAL] Linux: PAE or x64

2010-12-15 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 17:34, Scott Marlowe wrote: > On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Peter Geoghegan > wrote: >> Actually, there is a 64-bit port for windows now. I don't think I >> misrepresented Magnus - the post suggested that the then-lack of a >> 64-bit windows port wasn't a pressing issue

Re: [GENERAL] Linux: PAE or x64

2010-12-15 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Peter Geoghegan wrote: > Actually, there is a 64-bit port for windows now. I don't think I > misrepresented Magnus - the post suggested that the then-lack of a > 64-bit windows port wasn't a pressing issue, and that various > technical considerations *partially* ju

Re: [GENERAL] Linux: PAE or x64

2010-12-15 Thread Peter Geoghegan
On 15 December 2010 14:13, Stephen Frost wrote: > You're misreading poor Magnus.  He didn't offer any 'justification' > regarding why there isn't a Win64 port.  He simply was pointing out, for > those who assume every 'real' tool must be 64bit, that a 32bit PG is > still a very viable and useful t

Re: [GENERAL] Linux: PAE or x64

2010-12-15 Thread Stephen Frost
* Peter Geoghegan (peter.geoghega...@gmail.com) wrote: > And yet, that has been used by authoritative people as a partial > justification for pg lacking a 64-bit version on Windows in the past > on more than one occasion. You're misreading poor Magnus. He didn't offer any 'justification' regardin

Re: [GENERAL] Linux: PAE or x64

2010-12-15 Thread Peter Geoghegan
On 15 December 2010 10:37, Laurent Wandrebeck wrote: > Don't even bother with PAE. Let it rot. > memory consumption due to 64 bits pointers is negligible. And yet, that has been used by authoritative people as a partial justification for pg lacking a 64-bit version on Windows in the past on more

Re: [GENERAL] Linux: PAE or x64

2010-12-15 Thread Laurent Wandrebeck
On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:30:14 +0100 Marcin Krol wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello, > > I'll use PG on a dedicated machine with more than 4GB of memory. > > The problem is: what would be better to use: PAE ("bigmem" kernels) or > 64-bit kernel? > > PAE pro: half