[Oisf-users] 64-bit Suricata?

Victor Julien victor at inliniac.net
Mon Aug 22 11:12:33 UTC 2011


I think the memory is all there is to it. 64 bit can address more
memory, but 64 bit Suricata uses more too because of the bigger pointer
size.

Cheers,
Victor

On 08/18/2011 04:37 AM, Gene Albin wrote:
> All,
>   I've looked around a bit and can't find an answer off the bat.  Does
> Suricata take advantage of 64-bit architecture?  In orther words, is there a
> difference in Suricata's capabilities when run on a 32-bit platform versus a
> 64-bit one?  (not counting the 4GB memory issue that I ran into, but that's
> not a Suricata limitation)
> 
>   Thanks,
> Gene
> 
> 
> 
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