* x86 vs x86-64 IO-related performance questions
@ 2007-07-09 13:30 elvis_the_king
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From: elvis_the_king @ 2007-07-09 13:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi all,
two questions I simply cannot find answered. On a EM64T capable machine with > 4GB RAM:
1. Should using x86 vs. x86-64 make a difference for block device IO, because more data can be carried at a time?
2. I can use the RAM through PAE, but single processes are limited to a 4GB virtual address space. Now can the kernel itself use more than 4GB at once for the buffer cache?
Thanks!
Matthias
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