Itanium or x64

We're looking for information on x64 support of SQL 2000. Will the 64 bit
version of SQL 2000 install on an x64 machine? Do I need to install the 32
bit version and then apply service pack 4?
Any information on how sp4 adds support for x64 would be appreciated.
DanHi
Microsoft is still finalizing this.
Once they have made a decision, there will be a public statement on this.
Regards
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"DanR" <DanR@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> We're looking for information on x64 support of SQL 2000. Will the 64 bit
> version of SQL 2000 install on an x64 machine? Do I need to install the 32
> bit version and then apply service pack 4?
> Any information on how sp4 adds support for x64 would be appreciated.
> Dan
>|||The timing of all these changes couldn't be worse.
I have budget for a server upgrade but won't have the budget for SQL 2005
until next year and we're trying to figure out what server to purchase today.
We would like to go with x64 if possible, however I haven't come across any
statements from software or hardware manufacturers regarding SQL 2000
Enterprise running on Windows 2003 Enterprise x64. Some of the questions we
have are:
How much memory will be available to us?
Do we still need boot.ini switches?
Should we install 32 bit SQL until we can upgrade to SQL 2005?
Has anybody tried this environment?
Dan|||I have an IBM blade with the EM64t chip. I am not seeing the performance I
feel I should. It may be that Beta 2 is unoptimized. But in running
comparisons between a 32 bit box and the new install I am getting better
performance from the 32 bit. The cpu time is greater by a value of about 4
times. Those beings send I am continuing to investigate this issue. It is
our first venture into the 64 bit world, but we are committed to getting
there.
I will post what we further find out.
"DanR" wrote:
> The timing of all these changes couldn't be worse.
> I have budget for a server upgrade but won't have the budget for SQL 2005
> until next year and we're trying to figure out what server to purchase today.
> We would like to go with x64 if possible, however I haven't come across any
> statements from software or hardware manufacturers regarding SQL 2000
> Enterprise running on Windows 2003 Enterprise x64. Some of the questions we
> have are:
> How much memory will be available to us?
> Do we still need boot.ini switches?
> Should we install 32 bit SQL until we can upgrade to SQL 2005?
> Has anybody tried this environment?
> Dan