[dba-Tech] 64 bit MYSql on 64 bit linux

Hi John:

I have been working with a 64bit version of Oracle but it was a nightmare to
install as the hardware and the OS did not like each other and though I
think it now has been changing, the drivers were/are still only 32bit and
not very compatible. I experienced issues with sound, LAN connections, video
displays and even printers.

There were no obvious performance improvements over a 32bit DB version, on
the same 64bit platform but I was only working with files of 100,000 records
and less and not 10 of millions.
 
The latest version of Linux/Vista/Server2003 are supposed have resolved
these issues but I will be taking the wait and see approach before I make
the next foray in the world of the 64bit.

Jim 

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Subject: [dba-Tech] 64 bit MYSql on 64 bit linux

Is anyone using 64 bit database / OS software?  My databases are so large
that having 2 mb memory constraints are killing me (gut feeling here).  But
once I start looking at x64 versions of Windows Server and in particular x64
versions of SQL Server the prices skyrocket.  I will be paying more for the
licenses for those two things (for EACH processor chip) than I will for the
entire machine hardware, and it is pretty heavy duty hardware.

Thus I need to at least examine Linux / MySQL assuming that I can get 64 bit
versions.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com 

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