32bit Enterprise vs 64bit Standard
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From: jgurgul on 1 Apr 2010 04:44 Hi I think most would agree that 64 bit is the way forward for nearly all cases. However sometimes due to hardware or software incompatibility this may not be a viable option and it is important to verify that what you wish to place on this platform will work as you expect. The licensing model has change quite a lot in the past few years so it may have lower cost implications depending on if you are using cals or perhaps a virtualized environment etc. Cost should be secondary to your choice of version, but paying extra thousands should be examined in the context of your environment/solution and the true benefit you get from doing so. 64 bit early uptake&support was rocky and it is understandable that some feel that 32 bit is safer, but the tide has already turned very heavily towards 64bit. Jon "Andrew J. Kelly" wrote: > So they would rather spend 10's of thousands of dollars more for the EE > license just to stay with 32 bit. Wow. > > -- > > Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP > Solid Quality Mentors > > "Ken Ross" <kross(a)horizonsoftware.com> wrote in message > news:Xns9D4CB77DCB8DDkrosshorizonbosscom(a)207.46.248.16... > > "Andrew J. Kelly" <sqlmvpnooospam(a)shadhawk.com> wrote in > > news:OCkhkhP0KHA.264(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl: > > > >> I wouldn't use 32 bit period on any new server these days. x64 bit > >> standard will access all the memory the OS sees so it's a no brainer. > >> > > > > This has always been my take on things too [and 2K8 R2 makes the choice > > even easier] but I've still run into the odd customer [no pun intended] > > that I think feels some level of comfort with staying on 32bit and so > > takes > > the Enterprise route to get the extra RAM. > > . > |