Do I need x86, x64 or IA64?

Can anyone please help me select the correct version of SQL Server 2005
to order?
I'm running Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition on an AMD Opteron. Now
as far as I've been able to work out that rules out the IA64 which is
only for Intel Itanium based machines, but as for the choice between
x86 and x64 I am still confused. Does the x64 version need to be run on
a special x64 version of Windows 2003? And if so, how can I tell if
that's what I'm running?
Many thanks, TH.
Start|Run|msinfo32.exe should sort it.
Regards,
Dave Patrick ...Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"TH" wrote:
| Can anyone please help me select the correct version of SQL Server 2005
| to order?
|
| I'm running Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition on an AMD Opteron. Now
| as far as I've been able to work out that rules out the IA64 which is
| only for Intel Itanium based machines, but as for the choice between
| x86 and x64 I am still confused. Does the x64 version need to be run on
| a special x64 version of Windows 2003? And if so, how can I tell if
| that's what I'm running?
|
| Many thanks, TH.
|
|||Thanks Dave. Msinfo32.exe seems to be telling me my Windows is 32 bit,
so does that mean that SQL Server x86 is the only version I can use,
even though the Opteron is a 64 bit processor?
Thanks again. TH.
|||Seems you need a 64 bit OS to take full advantage.
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/editions/64bit/overview.mspx
Regards,
Dave Patrick ...Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"TH" wrote:
| Thanks Dave. Msinfo32.exe seems to be telling me my Windows is 32 bit,
| so does that mean that SQL Server x86 is the only version I can use,
| even though the Opteron is a 64 bit processor?
|
| Thanks again. TH.
|
|||Cheers Dave.
Dave Patrick wrote:

> Seems you need a 64 bit OS to take full advantage.
> http://www.microsoft.com/sql/editions/64bit/overview.mspx
> --
> Regards,
> Dave Patrick ...Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
|||You're welcome.
Regards,
Dave Patrick ...Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"TH" wrote:
| Cheers Dave.