January 24, 2008 at 7:58 am
Hi,
I would like to probe on the installation of SQL Server 2005 64 bit on a machine with 32 bit architecture. Please let me know if it is feasible, stable and any comments on the overall performance are most welcome.
Do point me to any links which could guide me more on this.
I'm a novice on SQL Server 2005 64 bit, so please pardon me if my question sounds absurd as SQL Server 2005 64 bit on 32 bit won't do justice to the abilities of SS05 64bit.
Regards,
Arun
January 24, 2008 at 8:07 am
To my knowlegde 64-bit should not even install. But no it (64-bit) will not work on a 32-bit enviroment. However, with that said I seem to recall 64-bit SQL 2005 has both 64 and 32 bit version on the disk and may install 32 bit in reality but I can't find anything about that right off.
January 24, 2008 at 8:12 am
Like Antares - I can't say I've tried, but my understanding is that while you can install 32-bit on a 64-bit OS (using WOW), you cannot install the 64-bit SQL Server on a 32-bit OS.
It wouldn't work anyway, since the minute it tries to do things in a 64-bit way using the OS (like say - accessing memory) it would fail, since the OS support for it wouldn't be there.
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Your lack of planning does not constitute an emergency on my part...unless you're my manager...or a director and above...or a really loud-spoken end-user..All right - what was my emergency again?
January 24, 2008 at 8:33 am
The install will not even work. Most AMD processors these days are 64 bit and can run in both 64 bit and 32 bit simultaneously. If you want to try running 32 bit and 64 bit together, you need to have the OS running 64 bit and either use WOW or in the case of AMD you will find many 32 bit applications work ok anyway.
In most cases, however, you are mixing oil and water and you should avoid this.
January 24, 2008 at 9:18 am
you can't do this. The 64-bit edition requires a 64-bit hardware architecture. 32-bit requires a 32-bit architecture, but a 64-bit Windows installation includes an emulator.
You can't stuff 64-bits into 32 spaces.
You can stuff 32 spaces into 64 and pad the other 32.
January 24, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Thanks a bunch for the replies...
Just needed a few good reasons and I guess I've got a couple of them here..
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