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32 bit or 64 bit OS on a 512 mb VPS?

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I am planning to rent a VPS service with following basic specification: 512mb of RAM 1 CPU 20gb HDD (4gb of it is swap) Ubuntu 10.10 server I am able to choose between a 32 bit or 64 bit install of Ubuntu server as the operating system. My question is would it be better to chose a 32 bit operating …

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Fix for: 32 bit or 64 bit OS on a 512 mb VPS?

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A 64-bit arrangement will not consume twice as much memory for the same task(s). Some code will be twice as big (both in RAM and on disk), and some data structures will be larger too due to larger pointers and for efficiency reasons (i.e. structures…

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