Freebsd and AMD64 Opteron and SMP support

From: Dino Vliet (dino_vliet_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 07/30/04

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    Hi there,

    I'm in the middle of setting up a small company that
    will be selling it's products online. I have to offer
    47/7 support and to start without too much costs I
    wanted to build this system with opensource
    technologies so I chose Freebsd, with postgreSQl as
    database engine and Aolserver as webserver because
    these are the tools I'm most comfortable with.

    Currently we are in the middle of deciding upon the
    hardware and to me a 2-way or 4-way Opteron server
    would be the best choice for the moment. However, I
    have some questions about this architecture and how
    Freebsd supports it.

    1) Does Freebsd support a SMP system of the AMD64
    architecture(Opterons) and which version should I use?
    Development of this system will start in September or
    October.
    2) If not, should I consider using Suse Linux or are
    there any other contenders?
    3) Is it wise to setup a database server and web
    server on the same box?
    4) At the moment, the applications like postgresql and
    aolserver in the ports collection are 32 bit
    applications? Will they be ported to 64 bit
    applications anytime soon?
    5) Where can I find information about finetuning
    freebsd, postgresql and aolserver for performance and
    security?

    Many thanks folks,

    Brgds
    Dino Vliet

                    
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