I was not convinced of the running performance of the server. I even do not believed, that he was running on his optimal and efficient stage during more than a month of continuous operation since the implementation.

After weeks of researching,reading articles,reviews and tips (cons and pros)…were ready for 64!

The migration of our server to 64bit architecture has lead me to a significant challenges in my server administration (although I was doing this for a couple of years now) . Even Im not much new to 64bit because I was already developing 64bit Windows Client applications since last year it is still different when we are talking to servers because I have first some strong basis of upgading it from x86 32bit architecture.

First, Ubuntu has been one of my favorite linux distros since the last time I used CentOS 2 years ago and this is one of the linux distro that been always updating frequently not to mention the easy of use compare to others. I am currently using their 8.04 LTS(Long Term Support) Server Edition which packed with newly updated versions of tools and repos which helps me a lot(saves my time for frequently upgrading apps).

Second, I don’t think (don’t judged me for this I know it is not true but just as of my experienced) our previous 32bit do not optimized the usage of our processor although he can detect our CPU as quad core but it never run as a quad core. I had run some extensive processing operations including one application that I wrote(yah, its on a windows desktop app)that allows to upload to the server,convert and watermark videos then download it back again. After reading its ffmpeg and mencoder performance logs I was not convinced that this is just what he can do! 1.33Ghz of CPU FSB, 4gb of RAM and running on a 4 simulteneous processing core in 2.5Ghz each is not something you can say a ”typical mid-server specs”.

Lastly, some people says that it isn’t much have differences if you are running on a 32 or 64 although I know that 64 bit supports a lot of RAM’s there than the 32bit one. But what can I say about this migration thing is this..

I do not care, as long as I know that my baby runs on his maximum fu@#$%ng optimal performance when I needed him and the others. It is what he is intended to do..It is what I made him!