John Smith wrote: > Sorry about that, the specific processor in question is the Pentium D 930 > which supports 64 bit computing through the Extended Memory 64 Technology. > It was my initial reaction to say I'd go with 32 bit computing because my > general experience with 64-bit is Windows, Linux, and some FreeBSD. > Generally speaking (this is a broad statement) 64 bit is not mature enough > for me to consider building a server that safegaurds my data when taking into > account everything has to be in alignment- hardware, OS, drivers, > applications,etc. It seems there's always some hidden gremlin to be > discovered. That said, I know Solaris has a rich history of 64 bit > computing and I'm certainly willing to look into it. > > > You'll have to go out of your way and sacrifice ZFS performance to run Solaris 32 bit on that platform. If you value your data, use ECC memory, I'd suggest 4GB minimum for a ZFS server.
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