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Re: Oracle 10g on W2k3 - 32 bit or 64 bit?

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 16:13:20 +0200
Message-ID: <sq99d25be2tik6dlneh62n9pdiv0dvmbjl@4ax.com>


On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 13:44:55 +0200, "Matthias Hoys" <anti_at_spam.com> wrote:

>
>"Anna C. Dent" <nanae_troll_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:Xns9815D7363D43Eanacedenthotmailcom_at_70.169.32.36...
>> Walt <walt_askier_at_SHOESyahoo.com> wrote in
>> news:12d7erhkkhnk463_at_corp.supernews.com:
>>
>>> I'm looking at speccing out new server hardware. We want to move to
>>> 10.2.
>>>
>>> Any reason not to use the 64 bit OS instead of the 32 bit version?
>>
>> If the CPU is a 32-bit processor, you'll be challenged to get a 64-bit OS
>> running on it
>>
>
>Most modern server hardware (CPU, PCI cards) is 64-bit, AFAIK. It's the OS
>that's always lacking behind, especially in the Windows world.
>

32-bit OS: VMS, 1979

                  Windows, 1995

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
Received on Sat Aug 05 2006 - 09:13:20 CDT

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