That makes sense. And Ned corrected himself that he was speaking for an OpenEdge database, not SQL. Thanks to both of you!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pim Zandbergen" <P.Zandbergen@...>
To: <vantage@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: "Ned" <TechnoBabbly@...>
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 2:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Vantage] Epicor 9.05 SQL
>
> On 6-4-2011 2:51, Ned wrote:
>> Yes, in the long run it is most likely worth it to get 64-bit Open-Edge
>> working with 64-bit SQL because it will allow for all the progress
>> appservers to use more than the restricted 2GB that the 32-bit version
>> allows for use.
>
> Chris is planning to use SQL Server. That means OpenEdge AppServers will
> not use shared memory to connect to the database. Instead, ODBC over IP
> be used.
>
> Hence, there is no demand for huge shared memory segments, which means you
> might as well use 32-bit OpenEdge. It will connect to 64-bit SQL Server just
> fine.
>
> Pim
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