mysql, fedora and em64t

[danielos]

I have a HP DL380G4 with a XEON 3G EM64T processor and wonder why mysql only supports Fedora 2 and not 3 when it´s about EM64T. Is there support for EM64T in FC2 or only in from FC3 and up?

Thankful for answer!

[huw-l]

What problem are you having?

at work we run fedora1 and upwards on EM64T machines with mysql. Although that's only using the 32bit version.

[danielos]

Which feodora version takes advantage of em64t and runs fine with mysql with heavy load?

[huw-l]

it depends.

Running 32bit fedora everything from fedora1 onwards will treat the processor like a Xeon and get good performance.

In terms of 64bit to get the specific kernel extensions for EM64T you'll probably need Fedora3 or above. However if you really wanted to you could install an older version of Fedora and custom compile a newer kernel.

To be honest the version of fedora you use isn't going to make that much difference they will all work just fine as mysql servers.

[danielos]

Ok thanks, fedora 3 and and up for em64t, I wonder if the core 3 is more stable for mysgl than core 4?

[huw-l]

They both ship with mysql 4.1 so there should be very little difference.

I'd go for Core4 becasue Core3 will be legacy once Core5 test1 comes out.

[Spoon!]

Originally Posted by huw-l

They both ship with mysql 4.1 so there should be very little difference.

Actually, FC3 currently only has MySQL 3.23; FC4 has MySQL 4.1; and the latest version of MySQL is 5.0 (which will hopefully come with FC5).