Thread: new server

new server

From
Sim Zacks
Date:
I am buying a new gentoo server for postgresql and I was wondering if a 64 bit CPU would make any
difference in performance. I am not planning on using 64 bit integers.

Re: new server

From
"Merlin Moncure"
Date:
On 11/27/06, Sim Zacks <sim@compulab.co.il> wrote:
> I am buying a new gentoo server for postgresql and I was wondering if a 64 bit CPU would make any
> difference in performance. I am not planning on using 64 bit integers.

a 64 bit server will allow the computer to use more memory.  This can
be a pretty big deal if the database is going to get large.

merlin