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64bit VM guest on Server 2 performance horrible if >2GB RAM

We're a software development shop, and we're experimenting with VMWare Server 2 on Windows XP Professional/32 (corporate standard, can't get away from it) with Windows 2008 x64 as guest for 64-bit ...
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Performance impact of Win32 + PAE on a JVM

one of my clients insists on installing a Windows 2003 Entreprise OS on a 32 GB RAM server. My application is a java web application (servlet) mostly reading a datawarehouse. This DWH will be running ...
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x64 Windows reports 32GB RAM usable out of 64GB RAM installed - why?

I've got a server with 64GB RAM installed (reported in both the bios and in Windows), but the system information from control panel displays the fact that only 32GB of this is usable. I've only ever ...
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Should I install 32-bit database or 64-bit database?

(I've read a lot about 64-bit versus 32-bit OS/Apps, but this question is specifically in regards to databases.) I'm trying to understand the pros and cons of 32-bit versus 64-bit databases, and ...
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Restoring an 64 SQL server 2005 backup to a 32 bit installation

I am under the impression that this cannot be done, but would love to know if it can. And if so, why?
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How to get old DLL's running on 64bit server

I'm moving my company's websites from a windows 2003x86 server to windows 2008x64 which is running IIS 7.5. The problem that I've got is that all the DLL's which were running fine on the old server, ...
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Why aren't my old DLL's running with my app pool in 32bit mode?

I am moving my websites from a server 2003x86 environment to a server 2008x64. the 2008 server is using iis 7.5 and the app pool I am using is configured for 32bit mode. I get an error 'Server object ...
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Can Windows Server 2003 (32 bit) host a 64 bit boot image for WDS?

I'm running WDS on a Windows Server 2003 (32 bit) system and need to capture a Windows 7 (64 bit) image and then image a lab of computers with the 64 bit image. Can my 32 bit server host a 64 bit ...
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What benefit do I get from using a 64-bit server? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What benefits are there to running a 64-bit Operating System? I bought a small 256MB slice from slicehost and installed Ubuntu 10.04 64bit and wordpress on it. Performance was ...
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Issue running 32-bit executable on 64-bit Windows

I'm using wkhtmltopdf to convert HTML web pages to PDFs. This works perfectly on my 32-bit dev server [unfortunately, I can't ship my machine :-p ]. However, when I deploy to the web application's ...
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32bit vs 64bit guest VM and RAM usage

Why does a 32bit domU (Xen guest VM) use less RAM than a 64bit? Notes: The same software complied for a different arch(AMD64 vs. 686). Obviously this is Linux or BSD or something easily ported. Maybe ...
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What is the maximum memory a process (MySQL) can consume on a 32-bit OS?

I have MySQL running on a 32-bit RHEL box. The server itself has 4GB total memory with 2GB allocated to MySQL. I would like to know the max amount of memory I can put in the box and how much of that ...
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Crash when attempting to install 32bit delphi service on 2008 r2

I have an old 32bit delphi application (with no source code), that is used as a windows service. It runs fine on windows 2003 32bit. I do not know if it has been created as a service originally, or ...
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Can a 32-bit RHEL4 userland work with a 64-bit kernel?

Is there a way to change an i386 RHEL4 machine to run an amd64 kernel, but ensure that it still builds software into same i386 binaries? On Debian this seems quite straightforward: just install an ...
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Move a SQL 2000 32-bit database

Can I move a SQL 2000 32-bit database to a SQL 2005 64-bit database server
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60Gb of Memory, 32-bit OS and PAE vs 64-bit OS

I have 60 Gb of RAM on server. Windows 2008, 32bit with PAE. One Sql Server 2008 Express Instance can use 1 Gb of RAM. So if I install 60 instances, each can use 1 Gb of RAM, right? And the second ...
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The best way to transfer all data from a 32-bit DC over to a new 64bit DC?

What is the best way to transfer all user information from a windows 2003 32-bit server to a windows 2003 64-bit server? TIA Emil
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Should I install GCC 64 bit on a new server?

I am going to rebuild my server and I am wondering whether I should install GCC 32 or 64 bit. I develop in Python and I use some libraries that would benefit from a 64 bit GCC installation but I am ...
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Trouble running a 32-bit VB app under Windows Server 2008 64-bit. Is WoW automatic or not?

I have an application developed by a third party which is written in VB. It's a 32bit application and the missing DLL's are olepro32.dll and ieshims.dll Where do I obtain these from? I want to ...
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32 bit process on 64 bit OS

What is the max RAM a 32 bit process can access in a 64bit OS? It is 2 gigs or full 4 gigs? Is there a way to make it access more maybe by enabling PAE on process level? Thanks.
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Can 32-bit print drivers work on 64-bit windows?

I'm reading around and it seems that 32 bit drivers do not work under 64 bit windows. Is this true? since 32-bit applications can run under 64 bit windows it seems ridiculous that 32-bit printer ...
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More than 4Gb memory on MS SQL

We have a Database running on MS SQL 2005. We have a bit of a memory problem on that server. We want to up the memory to 8GB but it is running on a Server 2003 R2 standard edition OS. Will it be ...
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Is it possible to mix 32- and 64 bit application pools on IIS6

I have a 64 bit Windows Server 2003 with IIS6, on which I would like to run some 32 bit websites as well as a few websites, that should run 64 bit. I know how to configure my 64 bit IIS6 to run 32 ...
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Ubuntu: 32- or 64-bit?

I've been trying to install a 32-bit app on my 64-bit Ubuntu Karmic box. Whilst discussing it with a friend he stated that frankly 64-bit Ubuntu isn't quite ready in his opinion and I'd be better ...
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Should Windows 7, 32-bit vs 64-bit be installed on various machines?

Windows 7 will be released only 3 days from now. If there are a bunch of machines 1) Quad Core, 4GB machines 2) Core2Duo, 2GB machines 3) HyperThread 3.2GHz, 1GB machines are there pros and cons to ...
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How does Windows 2008 R2 run 32-bit applications?

If 32-bit processor support is disabled in Windows Server 2008 R2, how does the operating system run 32-bit programs?
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What are the main benefits of Windows 64-bit over 32-bit for ASP.Net apps?

Besides the advantages of 64-bit memory allocation (> 4 GB - see this question on StackOverflow for why 32-bit +4 GB solutions won't work for me), what other reasons do I have for recommending that we ...

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