It's not really so much about performance gains as it is being able to take advantage of larger datasets and more memory than you can with 32 bit.
>>> David Henry <[email protected]> 4/27/2009 1:54 PM >>> How much actual performance gain do you get from 64bit CF? Dave wrote: > I'm checking our Railo right now and it runs fine on Ubuntu x64. Not sure > what limitations it might have compared to an actual CF server though.Dave > > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Jeff Schoby <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Only point I could see is if you didn't have the big enterprise version >> of CF, standard doesn't come in 64 bit, only 32 - which I think is >> stupid, but whatever. >> >> Aside from that, every distro has 64 bit versions of apache, mysql, and >> java - so it's not really such a big deal anymore. >> >> Where it gets tricky is when you try to compile your own stuff, even >> then it's not that big of a deal. >> >> >> >> -- >> Jeff Schoby >> Unix/Network Admin >> City of Columbia, Missouri >> 573.874.6320 >> >> >> >>>>> David Henry <[email protected]> 4/27/2009 11:05 AM >>>>> >>>>> >> Adrian, >> >> I discourage /inexperienced /users from jumping on 64 bit because the >> directions for CF, Java, Apache, MySQL, and most others are written >> 32-bit first and 64-bit as an afterthought. The smallest difference in >> >> path, url, version, or command arguments can leave the new user >> completely derailed from their tutorial in unfamiliar waters. With a >> CLI and an error message the user will either become a Linux guru very >> >> quickly or will declare that all Linux sucks and give up. >> >> If you need 4GB+ memory, go for 64bit. If you need 100% accurate >> directions without extra steps because you've never done this Linux >> thing before, use 32bit. >> >> ...then again, perhaps the day has finally come to leave 32bit behind. >> David >> Adrian Moreno wrote: >> >>> In order to not clutter the other thread, my question to David Henry >>> >> and >> >>> everyone else, is why not try a 64-bit distro as your first Linux >>> experience? >>> >>> I used 64-bit RedHat ES3 on an Intel Itanium a few years ago where >>> >> there >> >>> was no 32-bit backward compatibility. Other than compiling a few >>> >> programs >> >>> on a 64-bit compiler, I saw no differences between the 64-bit and any >>> >>> 32-bit distro I'd used to date. >>> >>> I use 64-bit Ubuntu at home and had no problems installing CF, et. >>> >> al. on >> >>> it either. >>> >>> What problems would you expect a new linux user to run into dealing >>> >> with >> >>> 64-bit vs. 32-bit? >>> >>> Curious, >>> >>> Adrian >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-linux/message.cfm/messageid:4498 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-linux/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.14
