Re: Re: 64bit vs. 32bit

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On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 18:32 -0600, Micah Gersten wrote:
> Ross McKay wrote:
> > You'll also use a little more RAM due to pointer and integer sizes.
> > However, Linux will be able to address more RAM on a >3GB system.
> >   
> Linux can already address all the RAM on a 32 bit system with PAE.  The
> advantage of 64 bit with regards to RAM is that a single process can
> address more than 2.5 - 2.7 GB of RAM.
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> Micah Gersten
> onShore Networks
> Internal Developer
> http://www.onshore.com
> 
> 
> 
And obviously better bandwidth for dealing with larger data sets.
Probably not all that useful for your day-to-day scripts though...


Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk


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