Messages in this thread | | | From | Jesse Pollard <> | Subject | Re: 64-bit block sizes on 32-bit systems | Date | Mon, 26 Mar 2001 22:14:17 -0600 |
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On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Jonathan Morton wrote: >>These are NOT the only 64 bit systems - Intel, PPC, IBM (in various guises). >>If you need raw compute power, the Alpha is pretty good (we have over a >>1000 in a Cray T3..). > >Best of all, the PowerPC and the POWER are binary-compatible to a very >large degree - just the latter has an extra set of 64-bit instructions. >What was that I was hearing about having to redevelop or recompile your >apps for 64-bit? > >I can easily imagine a 64-bit filesystem being accessed by a bunch of >RS/6000s and monitored using an old PowerMac. Goodness, the PowerMac 9600 >even has 6 PCI slots to put all those SCSI-RAID and Ethernet cards in. :)
Save the money - get one fiber channel and connect to all that through one interface...
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