OT Trends of 64 bit

[Jeff Earickson]

Steve,

Here's another trend...  Symantec/Veritas Netbackup only supports
64-bit UNIX OS'es as of release 7.0, which came out last Fall.  This
was *my* reason for scrapping 32-bit Redhat.

Jeff Earickson
Colby College

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Peter Ong
<peter.ong at hypermediasystems.com> wrote:
>> Is the trend for mail servers typically moving toward the 64 bit
>> versions of Linux (or other OSs)? Are any using a 64 bit OS with MS
>> and
>> Clam?
>>
>> I'd just like to hear your issues since I might be getting some new
>> servers this year.
>
> Sounds like an anthropological question with a calculus twist. If you look at Zimbra's site, it shows their 32-bit offerings are being phased out.
>
> If you have 32-bit systems and are thinking of upgrading, go with 64-bit on the destination platform. If you are going to buy new systems, make sure they're 64-bit. And now is the time to start thinking about migrating into 64. I know that Zimbra's open-source offering doesn't have a clean way of doing this so we're kind of in trouble. That's my anthropological take.
>
> >From a calculus pov, well, the technology is definitely trending towards 64.
>
> p
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