Pretty sure it's cart before the horse....OS before the DBM. Both, preferably, would be 64 bit, but without 64 bit OS, you won't be able to run a 64-bit application, and no matter how much physical memory, it takes a 64-bit OS to see 8GB of RAM. I don't know if MariaDB, in a 64-bit OS environment, will utilize more than 3.5GB or not.
Using both 64-bit OS and 64-bit Apps is the best of all worlds, memory-utilization wise. Mike Copeland -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [NF] Taking advantage of memory beyond 3.5 GB with MariaDB (MySQL free version) From: MB Software Solutions, LLC <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 4/24/2012 3:55 PM Scenario: - running lots of data scripts on MariaDB database that's several gigs large on local laptop - putting the maximum amount of memory (8 GB) on the laptop - current OS is Windows XP, but I understand from Dell support tech that I must use Windows 7 (or Vista) to take full advantage of extra memory beyond 3.5 GB Am I right in thinking that I must run the 64-bit version of MariaDB to take full advantage of the memory beyond 3.5 GB on a Windows 7 machine? I don't want to get all this memory and then handcuff myself because I'm either using the 32-bit version of MariaDB and/or Windows XP. Thanks, --Mike _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
