AMD vs. INTEL

dear folks,

A few days ago I heard from microsoft’s consultant a great disavantatge between Intel and AMD 64-bit processors when you manage sql25k and obviously other server applications.

He stated that AMD could reach the hightest point around 1TB of RAM otherwise Intel only 64 Gb. AMD have a unique bus for all the processors (40 bit) whereas Intel architecture works in star (34 bit)

Is it true?

TIA

http://www.sqlmag.com/Article/ArticleID/50365/A_Tale_of_Two_Architectures.html|||

thanks. we've selected a intel 64-bit cluster for our business as a migration of our old active-active cluster. I don't think that it will be noticeable in terms of our on-daily basis because never have demanded the full capabilities to our system so that...

AMD Opteron 64-bit Processors - SQL Server 2000...

I was also wondering if SQL Server 2000 can run on Opteron processors (With
Windows 2003, x64 edition)?
Thanks...
Answered in your post a few minutes ago "Windows 2003, x64 edition - SQL
Server 2000"
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"BATMAN" <BATMAN@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> I was also wondering if SQL Server 2000 can run on Opteron processors
> (With
> Windows 2003, x64 edition)?
> Thanks...

AMD Opteron 64-bit Processors - SQL Server 2000...

I was also wondering if SQL Server 2000 can run on Opteron processors (With
Windows 2003, x64 edition)?
Thanks...Answered in your post a few minutes ago "Windows 2003, x64 edition - SQL
Server 2000"
--
--
Mike Epprecht, Microsoft SQL Server MVP
Zurich, Switzerland
IM: mike@.epprecht.net
MVP Program: http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/epprecht/
"BATMAN" <BATMAN@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:56B87790-EEB4-4888-A08E-CD853C5747F7@.microsoft.com...
>
> I was also wondering if SQL Server 2000 can run on Opteron processors
> (With
> Windows 2003, x64 edition)?
> Thanks...

AMD Opteron 64-bit Processors - SQL Server 2000...

I was also wondering if SQL Server 2000 can run on Opteron processors (With
Windows 2003, x64 edition)?
Thanks...Answered in your post a few minutes ago "Windows 2003, x64 edition - SQL
Server 2000"
--
Mike Epprecht, Microsoft SQL Server MVP
Zurich, Switzerland
IM: mike@.epprecht.net
MVP Program: http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/epprecht/
"BATMAN" <BATMAN@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:56B87790-EEB4-4888-A08E-CD853C5747F7@.microsoft.com...
>
> I was also wondering if SQL Server 2000 can run on Opteron processors
> (With
> Windows 2003, x64 edition)?
> Thanks...