Re: [SLE] 64-bit Suse 9.3
From: Mike Dewhirst (miked_at_dewhirst.com.au)
Date: 09/05/05
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Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 11:30:13 +1000 To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
Anders Johansson wrote:
> On Monday 05 September 2005 02:27, Mike Dewhirst wrote:
>
>>I just acquired a new Pentium 4 machine without any operating system and
>>installed SuSE Linux 9.3 Pro via booting from DVD. To my considerable
>>surprise I saw that the Apache2 webserver it decided to install was the
>>64bit version.
>>
>>Does this mean I have 64-bit Linux?
>
>
> Yes
OK it is x86_64 - thanks Anders. I'll ask the Firebird list if I should
worry.
Why would SLES be better than 9.3 for Oracle? For Firebird too?
Stability maybe? I've heard that SuSE Pro is a bit leading edge.
My only concerns about stability at the moment are that I don't want
development held up unnecessarily. If it would be better to use SLES
then I'll do that and specify it in production.
Mike
>
>
>>How would I find out?
>
>
> Well, looking at what kernel you have installed perhaps?
>
> rpm -qi kernel-default
>
> or
>
> rpm -qi kernel-smp
>
> depending on if you have hyper threading enabled or not. The bottom line will
> say x86_64 if you have the 64 bit stuff. But in general, if you have one 64
> bit package from the installation, it will be the whole deal. The 64 bit
> distro contains 32 bit packages, but the 32 bit distro contains no 64 bit
> packages.
>
>
>>If it is the 64-bit version, in the interests of greatest stability as a
>>DBMS server and web server should I be re-installing a 32-bit version. I
>>have no investment in configuration.
>
>
> I don't see why. The 64 bit stuff has been around a while, and is considered
> stable. If you have a third party database that doesn't play well with the 64
> bit then perhaps, but the included things work well, and Oracle - although it
> is 32 bit itself - runs nicely in a 64 bit SUSE (although for Oracle you
> should probably be looking at SLES instead of 9.3)
>
>
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