On 6/22/06, Darren J Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Rich Teer wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jun 2006, Joe Little wrote:
>
> Please don't top post.
>
>> What if your 32bit system is just a NAS -- ZFS and NFS, nothing else?
>> I think it would still be ideal to allow tweaking of things at runtime
>> to make 32-bit systems more ideal.
>
> I respectfully disagree. Even on x86, 64-bits are common, and the
> price difference between 64-bit and 32-bit capable systems is small.
> So apart from keeping old stuff working, I can think of little or no
> justifcation to not go with 64-bit systems these days, even for a small
> S10 plus ZFS NAS appliance. That way you leave behind all the pain
> 32-bits gives you.
Are VIA processor chips 64bit capable yet ?
--
Darren J Moffat
Well, current Xeon-LVs are 32 bit only, but besides the point, I'm in
education, where our storage boxes are purchased using grant money
that must be utilized for x number of years. The answer from Rich Teer
indicates that we should dump old infrastructure and buy new, or if
you are in our industry (I represent Stanford University Electrical
Engineering), take your money/infrastructure elsewhere as only new
customers need apply :( A lot of organizations have a lot of 32 bit
infrastructure with multiple RAID cards, drives, etc that they'd love
to migrate over to ZFS. I'm using it now for creating large pools of
2nd tier storage. And yes, that will mostly be pre-existing hardware.
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