RE: 64-bit Channel Archiver

[<james.rowland@diamond.ac.uk>]

Hi

We have a 64 bit RHEL5 Channel Archiver server to make good use of 26GB RAM for the disk cache (the index is 18GB). We run the 32 bit EPICS binaries, because we aren't moving to a 64 bit build system until RHEL6, and the Channel Archiver itself doesn't use much RAM. We don't have any problems.

James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tech-talk-bounces@aps.anl.gov [mailto:tech-talk-
> bounces@aps.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Robert Petkus
> Sent: 28 March 2011 16:11
> To: EPICS
> Subject: 64-bit Channel Archiver
> 
> Folks,
> I'm setting up our production Channel Archiver and, because the server
> will have both large filesystems and copious RAM, I'm inclined to
> install a 64-bit OS.  However, our existing CA deployment is running on
> 32-bit.
> 
> I wanted to canvas the community and learn:
> 1) Is anyone running their production archiver on a 64-bit OS?
> 2) Are there any reportable issues running on 64 vs. 32-bit?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
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