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  • Kerrygeek
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2008
    • 115

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    Advantages to 64 bit OS?

    I'm running my demo Zabbix box on CentOS and now have my new server which I also plan to run on CentOS. Since the server has the capability of running a 64 bit OS I thought I'd ask about it here. Other than addressing more memory (which I don't have anyway right now), is there any advantage to running the 64 bit version? Are there any disadvantages?

    I'll be using a 2.5GHz dual core processor with 4 gigs of ram and approx. 300 gigs of RAID 5.

    Any suggestions as to which version of the OS I should use? Please tell me what those advantages are, if there are any. Or, if I'm better off with the 32 bit, why?

    Thanks,
    Kerry
    Victoria, TX, USA
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