Steve, from our experience, 64-bit is a must not a can. We ran into all sorts of trouble when trying to run it on 32-bit platforms. MarkLogic support folks also hinted strongly that all our memory problems would be sorted when we'd switch to 64-bit, and once we did we never looked back.
cheers, Jakob. On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 19:32, Steve Mallen <[email protected]> wrote: > Many thanks to all who responded. Looks like I can safely run it on Win 7. > Will try to go 64-bit if I can... > > Cheers, > -Steve > > On 03/12/2010 16:48, Keith L. Breinholt wrote: > > I concure. ML4.2 Runs best in 64-bit Win7. It also runs best if you > install it on a partition other than where windows is installed. > > > > Keith > > [email protected] > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Harry Bakken > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 8:41 AM > To: General MarkLogic Developer Discussion > Subject: Re: [MarkLogic Dev General] MarkLogic on Windows 7: does it work? > > > > Runs best at 64 bit, but Windows 7 is not a problem. I have noticed that it > works better to not install to Program Files, even as an admin there are > some permission issues there. Installing to x:\MarkLogic\ is rock solid for > me. > > On Dec 3, 2010 8:26 AM, "Steve Mallen" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I was just wondering if anyone here on the list has managed to run ML 4.2 >> successfully on Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit)? I know that the release >> notes >> don't officially support it, but I was curious to know if it *would* work >> despite this or if there's any "unofficial" support or support being added >> soon? >> >> Need to know so I can correctly spec a new windows laptop for dev use... >> >> Cheers, >> -Steve >> >> -- >> Senior Software Engineer, Semantico Limited >> <mailto:[email protected]> <tel:+44.1273.358239> >> Registered in England and Wales no. 03841410, VAT no. GB-744614334. >> Registered office Lees House, 21-23 Dyke Road, Brighton BN1 3FE, UK. >> >> Check out all our latest news and thinking on the Discovery blog >> http://blogs.semantico.com/discovery-blog/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://developer.marklogic.com/mailman/listinfo/general > > NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) > and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized > review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the > intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all > copies of the original message. > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://developer.marklogic.com/mailman/listinfo/general > > > -- > Senior Software Engineer, Semantico Limited > <mailto:[email protected]> <tel:+44.1273.358239> > Registered in England and Wales no. 03841410, VAT no. GB-744614334. > Registered office Lees House, 21-23 Dyke Road, Brighton BN1 3FE, UK. > > Check out all our latest news and thinking on the Discovery blog > http://blogs.semantico.com/discovery-blog/ > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://developer.marklogic.com/mailman/listinfo/general > > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://developer.marklogic.com/mailman/listinfo/general
