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RE: 64-bit version of RedBrick

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We upgraded from 32 bit to 64 bit last year on an HP machine and it was
very easy. We didn't have to unload and reload the data - I'm suprised you
were told that. The only issue I remember was that the views needed to be
recreated and that was not a big deal at all. Hope this info helps.

Deanna
deanna_o'connor@tufts-health.com




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04/02/2003 09:42 AM





Oksana,

We used to have RedBrick running on a 32-bit HP machine and now we are
running 32-bit RedBrick Server on a 64-bit HP machine and it is working
fine. We like to switch to 64-bit RedBrick, but according to RedBrick
Technical Support, we cannot run 64-bit Redbrick against our existing
database because it was created with 32-bit RedBrick. The only way to
migrate to 64-bit RedBrick is to unload all the existing data, recreate the
database using 64-bit RedBrick and load the data back into the new
database.

Alexandria Lung
Liberty Health
Email: mailto:Alexandria.Lung@Health.LMIG.Ca


-----Original Message-----
From: William Raper [mailto:bill.raper@catalinamarketing.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 8:55 AM
To: redbrick-list@iiug.org
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Oksana

We have been using 64-bit RedBrick for over 7 years on a DEC/Compaq TRU64
platform.

We are currently migrating to an IBM AIX platform, also running 64-bit.

We have had no special issues.

However, some things to consider:

(1) Are your 32-bit and 64-bit platforms the same (e.g. AIX, Solaris, etc)
(2) If they are not the same, do they have the same binary endianness
- RS6000, Sun, HP, etc are Big Endian
- Alpha and Intel are Little Endian

If you are crossing platforms or changing endianness, then you have to
think
real strongly about later recoverability of old backups.

I hope this helps.

Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: oksana.tkat.... [mailto:oksana.tkatchenko@sickkids.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 8:38 AM
To: redbrick-list@iiug.org
Subject: 64-bit version of RedBrick [61]


Hello all!
We are getting a new machine and would like to switch to 64-bit addressing.
Does anybody know some special issues about migrating to 64-bit Redbrick
Server? Have you met any troubles or unexpected results?

Thank you for every advice or suggestion,

Oksana Tkatchenko
The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto
416-813-7654 ex.8306
oksana.tkatchenko@sickkids.ca

Messages In This Thread

• 64-bit version of RedBrick
  oksana.tkatchenko@sickkids.ca -- Wednesday, 2 April 2003, at 8:37 a.m.
  • RE: 64-bit version of RedBrick
    William Raper -- Wednesday, 2 April 2003, at 8:55 a.m.
    • RE: 64-bit version of RedBrick
      Lung, Alexandria -- Wednesday, 2 April 2003, at 9:42 a.m.
      • RE: 64-bit version of RedBrick
        Red_Brick_Administrator@tufts-health.com -- Wednesday, 2 April 2003, at 9:55 a.m.
      • RE: 64-bit version of RedBrick
        Chapman, Justin -- Wednesday, 2 April 2003, at 10:26 a.m.
        • RE: 64-bit version of RedBrick
          Peter Huber -- Wednesday, 2 April 2003, at 10:53 a.m.

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