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I've installed CentOS 64 bit. Is 64 bit a good idea?

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Hi all,

I am new to Linode..and just to installed CentOS 64 bit (because Red Hat is the version of Linux I am vaguely familiar with).

Most times, I can find my way around Sys admin stuff but I can't call myself one.

Before installing other applications and tools, I wanted to find out if installing 64 bit version (instead of the 32 bit version) of the Linux OS was a good idea.

Are there any drawbacks or pitfalls?

… We want to install the LAMP stack on it…

..and we plan is to use our Linode to run a local web hosting service.

Thanks.

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64 bit uses more ram so generally you should stick to 32 bit if you want to get the most out of your box.

@obs:

you should stick to 32 bit if you want to get the most out of your box.
… unless you want to run a program that requires more than 4GB of RAM per process, which is quite uncommon.

Many thanks @hybinet, @obs.

I've re-installed CentOS, but the 32 bit version this time.

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