Posted By: Frank
Ashell 7.x: _64 or no? - 22 Jan 24 09:46 PM
Good day -
I used to blame my pal Herman for posting questions that maybe i should know the answer to... but now i am just going to take my lumps alone.
Not sure i understand the usage of the _64 nomenclature on some of the RHEL 7.x packages.
Is 7.X default 64 bit? If not, why not? If yes, then why have some .tz that are 64 and some that are not?
What is the big advantage of using 64 bit?
Do all flavors of Centos & RHEL7 O/S support it? Is it reliant on the OS or CPU or Both? I am assuming CPUs are all 64 now but not sure about the bus/memory/etc.. Especially on our hosted servers which might all be virtual machines!
(i left room for you to reply to each question )
I used to blame my pal Herman for posting questions that maybe i should know the answer to... but now i am just going to take my lumps alone.
Not sure i understand the usage of the _64 nomenclature on some of the RHEL 7.x packages.
Is 7.X default 64 bit? If not, why not? If yes, then why have some .tz that are 64 and some that are not?
What is the big advantage of using 64 bit?
Do all flavors of Centos & RHEL7 O/S support it? Is it reliant on the OS or CPU or Both? I am assuming CPUs are all 64 now but not sure about the bus/memory/etc.. Especially on our hosted servers which might all be virtual machines!
(i left room for you to reply to each question )