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

[Julian Field]

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Michael Choo wrote:
> I'm planning to build a new MailScanner sever to off load my current 
> server (FreeBSD 6.3 P4 2.0Ghz, 1.5Gb RAM, 2x80 GB gmirrored disks), 
> currently handling about 110K mails a day (90% rejected at MTA level). 
> Average CPU utilisation is about 60-80%
>
> Am thinking of 64bit FreeBSD 7 on dual quad core Xeons (2.0Ghz) with 
> 8GB RAM.
>
>>
>> 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..
>>
>
> Are there any known instances of perl modules not behaving in 64bit mode?
Should work just fine, only problems I have had are with sophossavi not 
building in 64-bit mode due to lack of 64-bit SAVI libraries.
>
> Anyone out here running Mailscanner on 64bit intel servers?
Yes, quite a few.
>
> cheers
> -Mike

Jules

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