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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Epinephrine who wrote (96113)3/1/2000 6:32:00 PM
From: Joe NYC  Read Replies (2) of 1575771
 
In my mind a server should run one thing and one thing only, that is it's purpose for existing so if my server is running a 64 bit database on a 64 bit os where is the need for 32 bits?

In ideal world you are right. But what if you only need 1/4 of the power of the box to run the database, and your app may have a middle tier component, custom developped in say Java, VB or VC++ (all 32 bit). Suppose this also needs only say 1/4 of the power of the CPU.

Also, you may have need web server, also needing only a fraction of the power. Would you buy 3 boxes, OS licenses, UPSs, add failover machine to each box, resulting now in 6 boxes?

In extreme case, this may be needed. But in the real world, you may have a hard time justifying the budget for all of this.

Joe
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