Re: AMD/64, SGA size

"Burt Peltier" <burttemp1REMOVETHIS_at_bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:<H7fwc.23215$BH2.3266_at_bignews3.bellsouth.net>...
> I would agree, it appears you are running a 32-bit version of Linux or
> Oracle.
>

Certanly, no :-)

> But, if you really are running "Linux x86-64 AMD64" (wording from Metalink
> certification) and 64-bit Oracle, I would be curious which hardware vendor
> you are using?
>

Athlon64, MSI mb.

This is my desktop :-)
> So now what's that advantage of Itanium2 64-bit (or AMD 64-bit) (SGAs larger
> than they need to be :) ....

I need large SGA. Period.
(currently, only for testing ;-) )

> - The performance doesn't appear to be that much better ( refer to
> www.spec.org ).
> - Look at the INT and FP for 32-bit Xeon vs. 64-bit Itanium2.
> - Xeon 3.2GHz appears to be 1.5 times faster in the INT specs and
> Itanium2 1.5GHz (latest) is 1.5 times faster in the FP specs (yet Itanium2
> is slower in the INT specs than Xeon).
> - What's best for Oracle ... INT or FP performance?

Please understand- AMD64 costs less than Xeon and runs faster. And it is 64-bit (well, 40 bit on Linux level). Received on Sat Jun 05 2004 - 10:52:44 CDT