It will use whatever processors the OS makes available to it. So it should
out of the box use all 8 processors. (You will have to pay more for
licensing as it is a per processor basis.)
There is currently nothing released (including any OS's) that is
specifically compiled for that processor. Most likely you will have to wait
for NT to support it natively and then Oracle (probably 9i) will probably
have a release 90 days after that.
Jim
"Glen A Stromquist" <gstromquist_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:0Q4v7.66300$9j.8525549_at_news1.telusplanet.net...
> We are looking at installing an application that will use 8.1.7 database.
>
> The network admin is looking at purchasing a Compaq enterprise class
server
> that will run on 2000 server or 2000 advanced server with up to 8
> processors.
>
> Is there a limitation for Oracle on 2000 on the number of processors?
>
> As well, can Oracle 8.1.7 or 9i now utilize the 64 bit architecture of the
> upcoming Itanium chip?
>
>
Received on Thu Oct 04 2001 - 18:45:41 CDT
