The Advantages of Running SAP Applications on SQL Server 2000 (64-Bit)
Published: April 24, 2003
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Summary
32-bit systems have a 3-gigabyte address space limitation that, for large SAP R/3 implementations, has become insufficient for all SAP work processes. SQL Server 2000 (64-bit) provides higher amounts of data buffers, as well as support for new features of SAP R/3 Enterprise such as Unicode encoding and SAP Business Warehouse. This document explains the advantages of running SAP applications on SQL Server 2000 (64-bit) and the advantages of 64-bit systems in general.
Included in this document:
| • | SAP R/3 |
| • | Unicode Support |
| • | SAP Business Warehouse |
| • | The Advantages of 64-Bit Systems |
| • | SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) Applications |
