On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 03:42:01PM +0900, John Summerfield wrote:
> Christoph P. Kukulies wrote:
> >Excuses if I sent a previous email on that subject not to the list or to 
> >the wrong addressees. Here again:
> >
> >We will be receiving a 64bit server with two Intel Xeons E5365 (3GHz)
> >and 32 GB of RAM soon and I would like to run a 64bit OS, preferably 
> >SL on it.
> >
> >Anyone of CERN here on list list who could give recommendations

on this list (this should have read)

> >as I know that some machines at CERN run a 64 bit OS.

and a question mark at the and of this sentence.
(sorry for the typos) 

> 
> What are your concerns?

My concerns were if SL x runs optimally on a pair of these quad core
processors or whether some tweaking would be required. And as someone
already said, the kernel should be adapted. 

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Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kukulies (at) rwth-aachen.de