Advantages of a 64-Bit Environment
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Summary
Always a critical part of the IT infrastructure, databases are at the heart of a number of converging trends in IT:
| • | Applications and data are growing in complexity and size. |
| • | High-end database management system (DBMS) capabilities have become a business necessity as organizations gather and analyze data from numerous databases. |
| • | Organizations are consolidating servers to simplify critical data center operations. |
In response to these trends, Microsoft has developed a 64-bit version of its powerful SQL Server 2000 database, optimized for the 64-bit Intel Itanium 2 processor.
This paper describes the capabilities of the 64-bit solution, highlights differences from the 32-bit environment, and discusses some of the applications and usage scenarios that can benefit from SQL Server 2000 (64-bit).
Included in this document:
| • | Introduction |
| • | Overview: Database Performance and Scalability |
| • | SQL Server 2000 (64-bit) |
| • | Comparing SQL Server 2000 (32-bit) with AWE and 64-bit |
| • | Other Differences in SQL Server 2000 (64-bit) |
| • | Considerations for Choosing SQL Server 2000 (64-bit) |
| • | SQL Server 2000 (64-bit) Deployment Considerations |
| • | Summary |
| • | Appendix A: Case Studies |
| • | Appendix B: Sources for Additional Information |
