Dell 2850 use 32 or 64 bit?

[Tim Kellers]

Tim Judd wrote:
> Tim Kellers wrote:
>> I just bought a Dell 2850 (2 2.8GHZ dual core processors).  The 
>> server will be used as a webserver, e-mail server. and a db server 
>> (both PostgresQL and My SQL  Beyond the breaking of the 4 Gig RAM 
>> barrier, is there any compelling reason to use a 32 bit i386 or a 64 
>> bit AMD OS?  The machine currently has just a gig of RAM but I'm 
>> going to add more, soon.  The machine runs headless and has no xorg, 
>> installed.
>>
>> A pointer to an article that discusses the 32 bit v 64 bit question 
>> would be appreciated as well.
>>
>> dell# uname -a
>> FreeBSD dell.smsd.tv 7.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE #0: Thu 
>> Dec 25 04:12:57 EST 2008     
>> root at dell.smsd.tv:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/DELL  i386
>>
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Tim Kellers
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> it's more important to know the CPU inside the machine, by model 
> number instead of the model of the outer case.
>
> If windows is still on it, run the cpu identification utility from 
> intel, IF it's an intel cpu.  The id utility will tell you if it's 
> 64-bit capable.
>
> Using Dell's service tag and looking at warranty/original system 
> config might be a good resource too.
>
> Good luck.
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Thanks for the reply.  I already know it is 64 bit capable.  I 'm 
interested in finding out if their are measurable performance advantages 
to running it using 64 v 32 bit FreeBSD.

Thanks

Tin Kellers