Re: 32-bit Oracle Server on 64-bit Solaris?

it is not at all unusual for releases and patches to be available first in 32-bit, and for the port to 64-bit to lag behind.

the only reason i would have for migrating to a 64-bit release of oracle would be to support an SGA of over 2GB (the maximum allowed with 32-bit oracle). following oracle's sizing recommendations, that would require a minimum of 4GB of RAM on the database server.

there is no significant difference in performance between the 32-bit and 64-bit oracle releases. the difference is the maximum allowed size of the SGA.

the two-legged dog analogy is comical, but way off target.

HTH "Knut E. Meidal" <plsdontsend_at_any.mail> wrote in message news:P71V6.1612$QX5.33636_at_news1.oke.nextra.no...
> My company is running a 64-bit version of Oracle 8.1.6.1 on 64-bit
 Solaris7.
>
> Recently, we have run into a problem with our application and Oracle.
> The application vendor informs us about an Oracle patch that might address
> our problem, BUT: The vendor is running 32-bit Oracle and OracleSupport
> informs us that the aforementioned patch is not available for our
 platform.
>
> We have raised this as an issue with the vendor, but the system owner
 wants
> to know if 'downgrading' the server to 32-bit just to be able to apply
 this
> patch(.!.) can be possible.
>
> First: Can it be done? (I kinda hope it's not..)
> I'm quite new to Oracle and this whole idea appears quite stupid. Wouldn't
> it defeat the purpose and advantages of 64-bits OS+DB? Wouldn't it be sort
> of like teaching a dog to walk on two legs--possible, but not terribly
> efficient..(Dog trainers: pls don't shoot me for this analogy)
>
> Any insights appreciated
>
> Knut E. Meidal
> (Wannabe Oracle DBA)
>
>
>
Received on Mon Jun 11 2001 - 21:36:58 CDT