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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