Java abstracts you from all these problems. One thing to look out for is JVM options do not work across all JVMs. For example if you try to enable https://wikis.oracle.com/display/HotSpotInternals/CompressedOops on a 32bit machine the JVM fails to start.
On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Brian Tarbox <tar...@cabotresearch.com> wrote: > I can't imagine why this would be a problem but I wonder if anyone has > experience with running a mix of 32 and 64 bit nodes in a cluster. > > (I'm not going to do this in production, just trying to make use of the gear > I have for my local system). > > Thanks.