On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 03:52:50PM -0500, Sven Willenberger wrote: > On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 22:00 +0200, Craig wrote: > > Hi > > > > I am going to be hosting a PostgreSQL database on a new server. We > > will be purchasing a server with the AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor. > > We are now posed with a choice of "FreeBSD 5.4" or "FreeBSD 5.4 > > x86_64Bit". My question is: Will PostgreSQL 8.04 run perfectly on a > > 64-bit OS, or should I run the 32 bit OS for now? > > > > Any help will be greatly appreciated > > > > Runs perfectly fine on 5.4-Release AMD64 here, built straight from > ports. My understanding is that there is no 32 bit version of FBSD on Opterons; as soon as buildworld sees it's on an Opteron everything goes 64 bit. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings