Alex J. Avriette wrote:
Oh, and don't forget the Gbytes and Gbytes of RAM!
For database servers? Yeah. 4gb minimum. If MySQL supports being built 64-bit, and is designed to take advantage of it, we can reap SUBSTANTIAL rewards from this.
We've been running our MySQL boxen compiled for x86_64 on 4GB Opterons for some time.
What software are you aware of that doesn't "support being built 64-bit"?
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)