Re: Oracle 32 bit Vs 64 bit
- From: "Charles Schultz" <sacrophyte@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Nirmalya Das" <nirmalya@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 14:47:06 -0500
How do you plan to "point the datafiles to the disks...."? Aside from the
64-bit/32-bit thing, what mechanism are you going to use to plug them in?
External tables? Transportable tablespaces? External tables will be most
portable, but is very similar to exp/imp (basically a sqlldr behind the
scenes, if I read it correctly). I am not exactly sure about Transportable
tablespaces - I would have to go back to the online docs:
http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14231/tspaces.htm#ADMIN01101
Looks like the big deal is the "endianess" of the platform, which should not
be an issue for you. As long as the 64-bit host can read the 32-bit datafile
headers, you should be golden. I will wait for someone else to come along
and correct me on that.... =)
On 9/6/06, Nirmalya Das <nirmalya@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Sorry forgot to mention that we are in 10g release 1....
Now I have a brand new box with 64 bit oracle installed. Not upgrading,
it is a
new install. I am just trying to find out the easiest and fastest way
to do the
data movement. Trying to avoid exp from 32 bit and imp into 64 bit. So
thought
about bring the hard drive containg data from 32 bit machine to the 64
machine.
If I create the tablespaces on 64 bit and point the datafiles to the
disks that
I brought over will that work?
Quoting Charles Schultz <sacrophyte@xxxxxxxxx>:
> It is my understanding that this will not work due to the different word
> size - the 64-bit software will point to different locations than your
> 32-bit software. What version are you dealing with? If you are going
from
> anything lower than 10gR1 to 10gR2, the upgrade will automatically
convert
> the word size. If you are coming from 10gR1, there is a rather simple
script
> you can run to accomplish this during the upgrade.
>
> So in essence, you could clone the database (via mirrors, if you like),
> upgrade as documented and you should be all set.
>
> On 9/6/06, Nirmalya Das <nirmalya@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Currently we run Oracle standard edition (32 bit) on RHEL release 4 on
an
>> IBM
>> 345 (x86) with 6GB of memory.
>>
>> Here's what I am trying to accomplish:
>>
>> 1. Trying to figure out whether 64 bit Oracle will improve performance.
>>
>> I will appreciate if anyone could share their experience who has done
such
>> testing already and have established a performance matrix.
>>
>> 2. I am setting up a machine with 64 bit oracle. Trying to figure out
the
>> fastest way to set up the database with data from an existing 32 bit
>> database.
>>
>> I am trying to avoid exp/imp process really.
>>
>> Here's what I am thinking:
>>
>> - install 64 bit oracle on the new machine
>> - create an empty database.
>> - break the mirror (data disks) from the 32 bit machine and bring one
>> set of
>> data disks to the new machine.
>> - create new tablespaces on the new machine and point the datafiles
to
>> newly
>> acquired disks with data from the 32 bit machine.
>>
>> Do you think that will work?
>> Is this a crazy idea......
>> If it works but the performance gain from 64 bit Oracle is nothing then
>> take
>> those data disks and move it to the old 32 bit machine.
>>
>> Thanks all for your input.
>>
>> Nirmalya
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> Charles Schultz
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