RE: Restoring ontape archives between 32 bit and 64 bit versions
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org
> [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Ben Thompson
> Sent: Wednesday, 16 February 2005 10:14 p.m.
> To: informix-list@iiug.org
> Subject: Re: Restoring ontape archives between 32 bit and 64
> bit versions
>
> Claus Samuelsen wrote:
> > Ben Thompson wrote:
> >
> >> On a related note, and sorry if this is a "how long is a piece of
> >> string" type question, what sort of performance improvement can I
> >> expect by moving to a 64 bit kernel running a 64 bit
> version of IDS
> >> over 32 bit versions on the same hardware?
> >
> >
> > If you have memory on the machines that you cannot allocate with 32
> > bit systems, then you can get better performance with 64
> bit version,
> > because you can setup much larger buffers.
>
> We don't have a problem with not being able to allocate
> sufficient BUFFERS. Does this mean that for us there are no benefits?
>
> Ben.
>
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