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Colorado PASSCamp 2006. SQL Server 64bit. Joshua Jones Database Administrator Wall Street On Demand. Overview. SQL Server 64bit Support Architecture Overview x64, Itanium, Windows Implementation Case Study Summary Q&A. Colorado PASSCamp 2006. SQL Server 64bit Support. SQL 2005
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Colorado PASSCamp 2006 SQL Server 64bit Joshua Jones Database Administrator Wall Street On Demand
Overview • SQL Server 64bit Support • Architecture Overview • x64, Itanium, Windows • Implementation • Case Study • Summary • Q&A Colorado PASSCamp 2006
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 Colorado PASSCamp 2006
Architecture Overview • 64bit Processors • Itanium • EM64T • AMD64 • 64bit Advantages • Floating Point Calculations • Memory Addressing Colorado PASSCamp 2006
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 Colorado PASSCamp 2006
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 Colorado PASSCamp 2006
Summary • 64bit Recommendations • x64 instead of Itanium • Lots of Memory • Lock Pages in memory • TEST • Q&A Colorado PASSCamp 2006