True, if my server was solely for DB. But I run a small shop so one quad xeon runs everything :) So 32 bit for now isn't too bad. The only major reason I'd want 64-bit is due to the extra registers on EMT64. On Apr 10, 2007, at 1:51 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
On Apr 5, 2007, at 23:54, Alex Kac wrote:
On Apr 5, 2007, at 11:24 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
Have you been able to test your mysql yet to see if it's 64-bit? I found this document describing how to get mysql to compile 64- bit (on PowerPC):
http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=20050705130841426
That would imply that it doesn't automatically build 64-bit.
It didn't. No biggie. Its probably not as well tested on OS X anyway.
I had thought that MySQL AB distributed 64-bit binaries, but I see now that it's only for 64-bit PowerPC, not for 64-bit Intel.
It might yet be possible to adapt the instructions in the article above to build MySQL (and ncurses) 64-bit on Intel but you're probably right that not many have tried this yet and you might risk the stability of the server. Still, it would be nice to be able to use all your memory...
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