Um. Linux has been doing 64-bit for ages now. It's pretty much rock solid. I can't think of any reason why you'd run in 32-bit on 64-bt capable hardware unless you're going to be using 32-bit applications... which you're probably not going to do. On Fri, 18 Feb 2011, Scott Downing wrote: > > I'm looking at upgrading our Ubuntu 8.04 LTS servers to 10.04 LTS, they're > clusters of apache and mysql servers. I see now the Ubuntu website > recommends 64bit but I'm unsure if going to 64bit now is a good idea. > There's no GUI on the servers or anything that isn't needed, its all CLI and > they need to run apache with apache2-mpm-itk virtual servers running php, > ruby, and python. I also need NFS to be solid and our backup client (Avamar) > to be supported. I'm checking on Avamar right now, that might be a deal > breaker but how well does 32bit software run on the 64 bit systems? What's > the current state of 64bit in linux? Should I try or is it not worth it yet? > > -Scott > > > -Yaron --