Re: Running SQL 64-bit on 32-bit servers

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From: Andrew J. Kelly (sqlmvpnooospam_at_shadhawk.com)
Date: 12/09/04


Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 11:26:17 -0500

Think about that for a moment. You want to run something that requires 64
bit addressing on a machine that only supports 32 bits. Even if you could
do that what could you possibly hope to attain by doing so?

-- 
Andrew J. Kelly  SQL MVP
"Andre" <Andre@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:1073A395-BC4D-48CC-AE6A-477F5193533C@microsoft.com...
> Hi all,
>
> Can anyone tell me if I can run SQL Server 64-bit on 32-bit Windows 
> servers?
> If possible?  Drawbacks?  Advantages?  Maybe you can point me to 
> whitepapers
> on this question.
>
> Thanks in advance. 


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