Mark Bole wrote:
> Hans Forbrich wrote:
>
>> Oradba Linux wrote:
>>
>>
>>> What are the pros and cons of using 64 bit software ?
>>
>>
>>
>> It's all about the need for speed ...
>>
>> On a 64-bit CPU, there can be significant speed advantages when
>> dealing with
>> numbers over 2G. In Oracle this can be very relevant when looking in
>> large
>> SGA (> 2GB) and/or when dealing with large files, and even (in some
>> cases)
>> with large disks.
>
> [...]
>
>>
>> /Hans
>
>
> I think the memory boundary (between 32-bit and 64-bit) you are
> referring to is 4 GB, not 2 GB.
>
> See the following AskTom link:
>
> http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/ask/f?p=4950:8:::::F4950_P8_DISPLAYID:1512005480694
>
>
> --Mark Bole
>
You won't be able to get an SGA larger than 1.7G on 32-bit Windows
without some tweaking 'round:
http://www.pontis.biz/resources/articles/oracle_on_windows.php.
Received on Mon Sep 06 2004 - 08:06:04 CDT
