[BlueOnyx:20219] Re: BlueOnyx Mirror Maintenance

[Michael Stauber]

Hi Chris,

> Although we've been off the 32-bit installs since the release of 5108R,
> I have also noted some of the older installations (5106R, customer
> 5107R) getting bogged down by seemingly simple tasks that did not stress
> them out in the past.  As sites are increasingly dynamic and the files
> we ask the servers to handle get increasingly large (esp. when we're
> handling large email attachments via PHP, I've noted) we're just going
> to have to be phasing the old dinosaurs out.

Yeah, I noticed this as well. SQL servers really benefit from 64-bit,
but it's not only them. Throw in above average usage of certain
components and 32-bit just doesn't really cut it anymore.

As is I only have on productive 32-bit box left, as it'll be a pain to
migrate. It's the toplevel BlueOnyx YUM repository that also runs the
SVN and Trac. It's not accessed by YUM, but all mirrors run their RSYNC
against it. That VPS actually predates BlueOnyx and runs on a a "plain"
CentOS5. But until years end it'll be replaced as well, as CentOS5 will
be EOL on March 31st, 2017.

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber