FreeBSD 7.0, MS, MW, ClamAV, 8gb with 64bit or 4 gb with 32bit

[Martin.Hepworth]

Michael

Right now I'd be sticking with 32 bit - there's still a few gotcha's with some applications running in 64bit - MS isn't on of then, but some of the perl modules can have fun sometimes..

As to tmpfs, softupdates works just as fast for me...

AS for RAM - spare ram is never wasted.

You don't mention how many disks in the RAID 10 array or indded number and size of messages to be processed per day.

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> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-
> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Mikael Syska
> Sent: 11 March 2008 23:14
> To: mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
> Subject: FreeBSD 7.0, MS, MW, ClamAV, 8gb with 64bit or 4 gb with 32bit
>
> Hi,
>
> We are upgrading a old system that are to be changed, because of bad
> performance with the SAS 5i controller installed in it.
>
> While we are changing it, we could use the old one, for some other
> task, and buy a new better one, as this would probebly get to slow in
> 1-2 years.
>
> We are thinking of buying:
> Dell poweredge 2950
> 4 or 8gb ram
> Raid10 with 300gb 15000rpm SAS harddrives
> With one of theese 2 processors ...the fastest is the cheapest ... but
> are there any difference since its cheaper ? ( thinking about the diff
> with the E and X in the name and the speed)
> Quad Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) E5440, 2X6MB Cache, 2.8GHz, 1333MHz FSB
> Quad Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) X5450, 2X6MB Cache, 3.0GHz, 1333MHz FSB
>
> We are going to install FreeBSD 7.0
>
> Any on the list running a system with 8 GB memory, tmpfs, and 64bit ?
> Any problems ? Or will 4 GB be enough and then on 32bit, but still
> using tmpfs ?
> How big should the tmpfs be ?
>
> Are there any other suggestions to this setup ? Anything that could be
> changed ? bigger, smaller ....
>
> All input are most welcome ....
>
> Its also runs some additional small task, as this system seems a bit
> overkill atm .... :-)
>
> best regards
> Mikael Syska
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