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

"Matthias Hoys" <anti_at_spam.com> wrote in message news:44d484b7$0$10469$ba620e4c_at_news.skynet.be...
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>> Walt <walt_askier_at_SHOESyahoo.com> wrote in
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>>> I'm looking at speccing out new server hardware. We want to move to
>>> 10.2.
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>>> Any reason not to use the 64 bit OS instead of the 32 bit version?
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>> If the CPU is a 32-bit processor, you'll be challenged to get a 64-bit OS
>> running on it
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> 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.
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Not exactly, most today's server hardware is still 32-bit based. More and more organizations are migrating to 64-bit, even though most applications do not require that kind of capablilities. Much like the 90s, people are still eager to throw money into technologies they don't understand. Received on Sat Aug 05 2006 - 21:03:54 CDT