On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Holger Parplies <wb...@parplies.de> wrote:
>> I am curious about this. I recall when people first started using >> 64-bit perl saying that memory use ballooned much more than expected >> on some programs. I don't know if there was a bug that has been >> fixed or if those people just bought more RAM. > > ok, I wasn't aware of that. I'd be surprised, though, if we have nobody using > 64-bit BackupPC server systems on the list!? I'm about to install a 64-bit > system for ZFS on Linux tests ... I'm not an expert on perl internals but every variable has to have some sort of data structure to hold the name and reference count along with something to deal with handling it as an integer/string/float all at the same time. But, even if it takes more than twice as much RAM it is still easier to deal with 64-bit systems since the process size can be so much larger. > But we're back to guessing there. Agreed, but it seems like a reasonable guess that the 10GB size wouldn't have been mentioned unless it was a substantial portion of what was available on the server. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/