[users] Re: [newpkgs] New PostgreSQL packages

[Daniel Seichter]

Hello Mark,

thank you for your answer. My database is at the moment about 3GB and
only contains text. Is there a size of database where 64bit results a
higher performancel than 32bit?

Thanks
Daniel

On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 10:28:03 +0000
Mark Round <mark at markround.com> wrote:

> Daniel Seichter wrote:
> 
> >what differences I will get by using 64bit instead of 32bit?
> >  
> >
> For "normal" usage, not much. In fact, the 64-bit version will most 
> likely be slower than the 32-bit (although not by a huge amount). It's
> only really useful if you have very large databases/tables, otherwise,
> the 32-bit version should be fine. The advantage of having 64-bit 
> libraries included in the package is that people compiling their own 
> software now have the ability to link to the 64-bit libraries if they
> need.
> 
> -Mark
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