Is this using the AMD64 as the client or server? I honestly don't see
any benefit that 64 bit would add to serving files, especially since the
bottleneck would defitely be the speed of the network.
Brett
On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 11:22:54 -0400, "Mark A. Hershberger"
<mah@everybody.org> said:
> On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 09:23 -0500, Brett D. Estrade wrote:
> > Perhaps you can list some things you'll be using
> > it for and what OS you plan to run on it.
>
> Mostly I ask because I see people talking about getting the 64bit
> machines but I don't know what benefit they offer.
>
> I'm not a gamer, so that part doesn't attract me.
>
> However, I was talking to a CISCO guy last week and he recommended that
> I use AMD64 for the faster file access on a server. I hadn't heard of
> this before.
>
> So, where is a nice friendly article for server admins about AMD64 on
> servers?
>
> Mark.
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