[mythtv-users] 32 vs. 64 bit, any significant difference?

[Brian Wood]

On Wednesday 16 December 2009 10:30:39 am Stuart Larson wrote:

> I've been running my backend on 64-bit ubuntu-server for quite a while
> (it's also a frontend with an nvidia card - 190 drivers, I believe)
> without any problems directly related to it being 64-bit (that I could
> tell).  I don't think there'd be any real difference from 32-bit, other
> than not having to reinstall linux if you ever upgrade the RAM in the
> future.  Don't know if there are any 64-bit issues with the HD-PVR drivers
> or whatever they need - I use a HDHR for OTA.  The main reason this
> backend is 64-bit is it also hosts a few virtual machines under vmware,
> and I needed the extra memory support.

I also have an HDHR, I don't expect problems with that, other than the 
number of unencrypted QAM channels going down fast.

I'm also wondering which distro to build this on, but don't want to ask that 
here for fear of starting a LONG thread. All the major distros seem to be 
quite Myth-capable, so I'll just go with what I'm most familiar with.

I have a server with 4 cores and 16GB of RAM running several VMs, hadn't 
thought of making the new B/E and that server into one box, could save a 
lot of watts that way.

Dang Linux, too many choices, so you spend forever deciding what to do.