[geeks] FreeBSD advice please?

[nate at portents.com]

>> > Sevan / Venture37
>> > P.S if you're interested in trying ZFS on FreeBSD you'll need to use
>> the
>> > amd64 version, if your cpu's will support it.
>>
>> ZFS is only supported on FreeBSD on AMD64?  If soi, I'm not going to get
>> very far with dual Intel Xeons then ...
>
> That depends on if the Xeons in question can run AMD64 binaries.

AMD64 = EM64T = Intel 64 = x86-64 = x64

It's all the same damn thing with absolutely stupidly different names.

And calling something "Xeon" is so generic it can mean anything from a
Pentium II architecture to a Core i7 architecture.

Like I said, amorphous blob.

- Nate