SQL Server 64bit
Joshua Jones
Database Administrator
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Overview
• SQL Server 64bit Support
• Architecture Overview– x64, Itanium, Windows
• Implementation– Case Study
• Summary– Q&A
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SQL Server 64bit Support
• SQL 2005– Standard, Developer, and Enterprise– x64 and Itanium– Supports all Tools
• SQL 2000– Enterprise– Itanium and x64 (x64 support added by SP4)– Only Service Manager, Server Network Utility, and the
CMD line tools
• Windows Server 2003 only
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Architecture Overview
• 64bit Processors– Itanium– EM64T– AMD64
• 64bit Advantages– Floating Point Calculations– Memory Addressing
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Implementation
• Case Study– Migrating 32bit SQL Server 2000 servers to
64bit SQL Server 2005• Environment
– OLTP Processing– Multiple Instances per server– Log Shipping; 3rd party vendor – In House Data Access Layer– NT 4 Domain– Windows 2000 to Windows 2003
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Implementation – cont’d
• Case Study – cont’d– Preparation
• Upgrade Advisor• AMD64 HP DL 385 Dual Core
– Challenges• Antiquated 3rd party backup software• SQL-DMO• Security issues
– Linked Servers with 2000 SP4– DTC– KERBEROS
– Benefits• PERFORMANCE• SQL 2005 Features
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Summary
• 64bit Recommendations– x64 instead of Itanium– Lots of Memory– Lock Pages in memory– TEST
• Q&A
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