We use msbuild to build our .NET application on a server dedicated to builds. We are migrating to new hardware which has 64 bit Windows 2003. I can build the application using the 64 bit version of msbuild found in Framework64 or I can build it using the 32 bit verison found in Framework. Is there any advantage to building with the 64 bit version of msbuild?
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Not particularly no. The only real advantage is that the 64 bit version of msbuild will be able to take advantage of more address space. That's really about it.
JaredPar
2009-04-09 12:25:28
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No but there might be some disadvantages... if your application uses any 3rd party drivers, make sure that they are also 64-bit compliant. We ran into an issue where we converted an older application to .net and kept the default 'Platform Target: Any CPU' setting on Build->General and while the application worked very well on its development machine as soon as we moved it over to a 64bit server it died. Took us a while to trace it back to a 3rd party ODBC driver which we require to interface with an external data source. The application DID work on the 64bit platform, we just needed to specify x86 for the CPU which sort of defeats the purpose.
SomeMiscGuy
2009-04-09 12:27:47
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The Biztalk interop assemblies are one fine example of assemblies that are NOT 64-bits capable. So test and test again when/after making such a move.
thijs
2009-04-09 13:24:35
I wasn't asking if I should run my application under the 64 bit framework. I was asking if there was any advantage to using the 64bit framework, the msbuild.exe under Framework64, to build my application.
Dan Finucane
2009-04-09 15:03:10
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if you are going to do asp.net one big advantage is IIS can access more memory, this gives you more scalability.
The dot not rocks guys did a show on this
http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=341
there is a lot of really good info on it.
Bob The Janitor
2009-04-09 19:51:03
I wasn't asking if I should run my application under the 64 bit framework. I was asking if there was any advantage to using the 64bit framework, the msbuild.exe under Framework64, to build my application.
Dan Finucane
2009-04-09 21:24:28
yes you get more memory if you run your app in a 64 bit environment when it's a 32 bit app, but you get even more when you compile it to 64bit
Bob The Janitor
2009-04-10 15:06:39