Re: [SLE] opteron & SLES enterprise server or Pro?

From: Harsh Busa (harsh.busa_at_gmail.com)
Date: 10/15/04

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To: dhoworth@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk

    Hello Dave,

    What kind of applications are going to be deployed on your new servers ?

    Opteron is basically x86_64 arch which means all your existing 32bit
    apps can work along with 64bit apps. you can even choose to install
    32bit os on top of it . one of the problem that you might face with
    x86_64 is that a library present in lib/ dir in 32bit may appear in
    lib64/ folder in x86_64.

    maybe you want to check out x86-64.org

    SuSE Pro is basically a community release with all bleeding edge
    packages. while SLES is more hardened for enterprise use to ensure
    stability, security etc, most know bugs wud have been taken care of
    etc .

    so if you are looking at deploying on production servers for biz
    critical apps and also need support you may want to consider SLES .

    my 2 cents
    harsh

    On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:58:22 +0100, Dave Howorth
    <dhoworth@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
    > I'm about to buy a couple of new servers. It looks like they'll use
    > Opterons, with which I have no experience. Am I likely to have any
    > problems running applications? Are there good sites to learn about any
    > practical issues there may be?
    >
    > Also, my supplier is suggesting using SLES9 rather than Pro. I've never
    > had anything to do with SLES and don't understand what it buys me. Is
    > there somewhere that explains the differences without giving pages of
    > marketing fluff?
    >
    > Thanks, Dave
    >
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