RE: Is there any reason *not* to go 64-bit?

I would stay with the 32 bit unless I needed the extra address space above the limits of the 32 bit products. In the 64 bit products the address structures are larger hence using more resources (such as memory) than the 32 bit platform. If you use IDS 64 bit then you should use 64 bit CSDK etc. MW > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org > [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org]On Behalf Of Douglas Palmer > Sent: Sunday, 15 June 2003 5:04 p.m. > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Is there any reason *not* to go 64-bit? > > > We are getting ready to enter a support contract on our Informix > installation that will allow us to move to 64-bit 9.4 if we > want to. Since > about 90% of our Perl work is done through DBI/DBD and from > what I can tell, > we need to have Perl and the CSDK in the same ELFCLASS, this > might be the > best time to move completely over to 64-bit for a bit of ease > in compiling > new packages. > > I do not really expect better performance on 64-Bit Informix > -- bit I am > interested to hear how well the Jonathan Leffler's > DBD::Informix module > works with 64Bit Informix 9.4/CSDK 2.8.1/Perl 5.8.0/gcc 3.3. > We are running > on a Sun V880 with Solaris 9. > > Is there any reason to stay back at 32-bit? Any reason at > all? I expect to > be able to access remote servers no matter what their "bit-ness." > > -- DCP > > > >