Adding physical CPU's to a server running SQL Server 2000

We are going to be adding RAM and Physical CPU's to a HP4640 (64bit).
The machine currently has 4 procs and 32GB physical memory.
We will be going to 8 procs and 64GB.
I'm pretty sure that the memory add is not big deal.
My question is "How will SQL Server 2000 64bit sp3a, MS03031 react to adding
4 more procs"?
Hi
On startup, when the OS detects the additional CPU's it uses them
automatically. The same goes for SQL Server.
Regards
Mike Epprecht, Microsoft SQL Server MVP
Zurich, Switzerland
MVP Program: http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/epprecht/
"frankm" wrote:

> We are going to be adding RAM and Physical CPU's to a HP4640 (64bit).
> The machine currently has 4 procs and 32GB physical memory.
> We will be going to 8 procs and 64GB.
> I'm pretty sure that the memory add is not big deal.
> My question is "How will SQL Server 2000 64bit sp3a, MS03031 react to adding
> 4 more procs"?
>
>
|||thanks
"Mike Epprecht (SQL MVP)" <mike@.epprecht.net> wrote in message
news:84EDFC2B-C8D1-40AE-A2E4-8BACC65EE541@.microsoft.com...[vbcol=seagreen]
> Hi
> On startup, when the OS detects the additional CPU's it uses them
> automatically. The same goes for SQL Server.
> Regards
> --
> Mike Epprecht, Microsoft SQL Server MVP
> Zurich, Switzerland
> MVP Program: http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
> Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/epprecht/
>
> "frankm" wrote:
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|||By default only I thought?
A system that big, has probably had a bit of tuning with the Affinity Mask and Max Memory settings.
It is running on Server 2003? - Not explicitly stated, if not then there is AWE stuff to set up as well.
Regards
AJ
"Mike Epprecht (SQL MVP)" <mike@.epprecht.net> wrote in message
news:84EDFC2B-C8D1-40AE-A2E4-8BACC65EE541@.microsoft.com...[vbcol=seagreen]
> Hi
> On startup, when the OS detects the additional CPU's it uses them
> automatically. The same goes for SQL Server.
> Regards
> --
> Mike Epprecht, Microsoft SQL Server MVP
> Zurich, Switzerland
> MVP Program: http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
> Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/epprecht/
>
> "frankm" wrote:
|||No AWE setup on 64Bit Itaniums.
The true benefit of true 64Bit
--
Mike Epprecht, Microsoft SQL Server MVP
Zurich, Switzerland
MVP Program: http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/epprecht/
"Andrew John" wrote:

> By default only I thought?
> A system that big, has probably had a bit of tuning with the Affinity Mask and Max Memory settings.
> It is running on Server 2003? - Not explicitly stated, if not then there is AWE stuff to set up as well.
> Regards
> AJ
> "Mike Epprecht (SQL MVP)" <mike@.epprecht.net> wrote in message
> news:84EDFC2B-C8D1-40AE-A2E4-8BACC65EE541@.microsoft.com...
>
>
|||"frankm" <frankm@.nospam.postalias> wrote in message
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> We are going to be adding RAM and Physical CPU's to a HP4640 (64bit).
> The machine currently has 4 procs and 32GB physical memory.
> We will be going to 8 procs and 64GB.
> I'm pretty sure that the memory add is not big deal.
> My question is "How will SQL Server 2000 64bit sp3a, MS03031 react to
> adding
> 4 more procs"?
>
Nice box... Do you have SAN drives too?
<drool drool drool>
How are you finding the speeds differences between the 32 and 64 bit
systems.
Rick