Re: Re: 64bit vs. 32bit
| From: | Ashley Sheridan | Date: | Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:53:19 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: 64bit vs. 32bit | ||
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On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 18:32 -0600, Micah Gersten wrote:
> Ross McKay wrote:
> > You'll also use a little more RAM due to pointer and integer sizes.
> > However, Linux will be able to address more RAM on a >3GB system.
> >
> Linux can already address all the RAM on a 32 bit system with PAE. The
> advantage of 64 bit with regards to RAM is that a single process can
> address more than 2.5 - 2.7 GB of RAM.
>
>
> Thank you,
> Micah Gersten
> onShore Networks
> Internal Developer
> http://www.onshore.com
>
>
>
And obviously better bandwidth for dealing with larger data sets.
Probably not all that useful for your day-to-day scripts though...
Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk