SQL Server 64bit Joshua Jones Database Administrator Wall Street On Demand Colorado PASSCamp 2006

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; 3 rd 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 3 rd 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