-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 David Griffiths wrote:
> I'm surprised there is not more interest in this; is it that not many work > with large-ish (10+ gig) databases that need high-end performance? > > A 64-bit CPU won't have the 4-gig memory limit that a 32-bit processor will; > even worse, Linux is apparently limited to about a 2-gig process. > > SuSe Enterprise Linux supports 512-gigabyte processes with 16 processors. > Imagine 10 gigabyte database all in memory. > > Even better, larger file sizes - no more 2-gig files. Max file size is > 9-Exabytes ( "9" followed by 18 "0's" ). All the posts I see about people > trying to get around the 2 gig file limit should be really excitied. > > I guess I'm just surprised by lack of interest. I've been bugging our CTO > once a week about this, and hopefully should have a server on my desk by mid > summer to late fall. [snip] I suppose this might be stating the obvious, but you did see our Opteron binary for Linux at http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql-4.0.html (listed as AMD 64), didn't you? :) -Mark - -- For technical support contracts, visit https://order.mysql.com/?ref=mmma __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Mark Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ MySQL AB, SW Dev. Manager - J2EE/Windows /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ Flossmoor (Chicago), IL USA <___/ www.mysql.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE++Ke/tvXNTca6JD8RAgKKAKCZywbtpcoIWdJ/QKtLO8m5nSdHKQCff9VK +LWVgvixsO3uHuLJdAjdZI8= =rP3f -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
