On 30-Nov-08, at 5:37 PM, Mircea Zahan wrote:
> My desire for x64 SVN comes from the fact that I want to
> have a pure x64 environment. That wish in turn comes from
> reading that at kernel level, switches to and from x32 are
> very costly in terms of processor cycles. While running x32
> apps on x64 OS is supported, is not efficient.
>
> You might say that the performance drawback is minor,
> but I'm dealing with a multipurpose machine, with six different
> servers running on it, so I want to squeze every drop
> of computing power out of it.
First ditch Windows then.
--Toby
>
>
> Regards,
> Mircea.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Weintraub"
> <qazwart_at_gmail.com>
> To: "Mircea Zahan" <mzahan_at_adaptive.ro>
> Cc: <users_at_subversion.tigris.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 12:00 AM
> Subject: Re: x86 is stone age, how about moving along ?
>
>
>> Will 64 bit binaries really make Subversion that much faster?
>> From my observations, the bottleneck is the network and not the
>> program
>> itself. Subversion doesn't need a whole lot of horsepower to work.
>> It's one
>> of the nice things about it. Especially coming out of the
>> ClearCase world
>> where it is absolutely impossible to over estimate your hardware
>> and network
>> needs.
>> Are you noticing performance issues with Subversion, or do you
>> simply want
>> to take advantage of your 64bit hardware?
>> --
>> David Weintraub
>> qazwart_at_gmail.com
>> On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 5:32 AM, Mircea Zahan <mzahan_at_adaptive.ro>
>> wrote:
>>> Hello everybody,
>>>
>>> Is there any chance for you to publish x64 version of
>>> Subversion's binaries
>>> for Windows?
>>> Please don't reply with something like "get the sources and
>>> compile it",
>>> not everyone is proficient
>>> with C programming/compiling.
>>>
>>> I know the existing binaries do work on x64, but I want to have a
>>> pure x64
>>> environment.
>>> At this very moment the SVN server is the only x86 application
>>> running on
>>> our server.
>>>
>>> Every major server of any kind already has x64 binaries, yours
>>> doesn't.
>>> It's dissapointing for
>>> such a marvelous piece of software.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Mircea.
>>>
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