64 bit vs 32 bit file systems

[Guest wlhj@news.postalias]

I am a sys admin for a small local gov. entitity. We are considering

upgrading our Exchange Server from the 2003 version to the 2007 version. We

will have to upgrde the server to Windows 2003 64 bit. Presently for backups

we copy the files to another Windows 2003 server (32 bit) and then to

removeable hard drives, which we rotate.

 

My question is this. Will we still be able to do a copy of these files from

the 64 bit version of Windows Server 2003 to the 32 bit version or will there

be some compatability issues?

[Guest Eric Denekamp]

Re: 64 bit vs 32 bit file systems

 

AFAIK the only problem you can encounter is the filesize that may become too

big for the 32 bit version. but that is something you as an admin are

responsible for, so you can set limits on those. what happens when you copy

a file from box a to box b, is that the operatingsystems talk to each other,

not the filesystems. Even if you copy from FAT to NTFS or any onther

filesystem, if the operating systems understand each other there is no

reason that the file is not copyable. (except for maybe permissions of

course...)

 

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Good luck

 

Eric Denekamp

http://blogs.infosupport.com/ericd

 

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"wlhj@news.postalias" <wlhjnewspostalias@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

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>I am a sys admin for a small local gov. entitity. We are considering

> upgrading our Exchange Server from the 2003 version to the 2007 version.

> We

> will have to upgrde the server to Windows 2003 64 bit. Presently for

> backups

> we copy the files to another Windows 2003 server (32 bit) and then to

> removeable hard drives, which we rotate.

>

> My question is this. Will we still be able to do a copy of these files

> from

> the 64 bit version of Windows Server 2003 to the 32 bit version or will

> there

> be some compatability issues?