As Microsoft’s 64-bit OS and database rise high above the 32-bit platform, pieces are still falling into place It’s simple, really: Bigger is better. Compared to a 32-bit system, a 64-bit system ...
To find out, I compared performance of 64-bit Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2000 to the 32-bit versions of the same software, using similarly configured Itanium 2 and Xeon dual-processor servers ...