ECC 6.0 in 64bit mode?

Not sure it really buys you a whole lot - but ECC 6.0 is fully supported and works fine with 64-bit Windows. We have had some issues with ECC 6.0, but nothing that has been related to running on 64-bit Windows instead of 32-bit windows.

In our case we went with 64-bit Windows since our Windows support team's standard is the 64-bit version of Windows 2003 unless there is a technical limitation with the application that requires 32-bit Windows.

Did you have the chance to compare the performance between another 32bit and your 64bit-installation? I would expect ECC running faster if it is in 64-bit mode (or is it only running in 32 bit emulation mode on the 64bit host?)

Rgds

We did not have a chance to compare since it was more of a "support" thing than a performance thing.

I think the answer is that parts run in 32-bit mode (you need to install the 32-bit version of Solutions Enabler) as the Symmetrix/SDM agents are 32-bit but I believe (and I could be wrong) that the database it installs is the 64-bit version.

As for performance - other than maybe being able to have more memory going to guess it won't perform that differently simply because you don't move a lot of bulk data with this application in most cases.

If you run some tests would be interesting to see if you notice anything different. Not sure what functions you could test that would show a measurable difference other than maybe some of the reporting functions?