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Microsoft Migrates Internal Servers to 64-bit

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the movin-on-up dept.

daria42 writes "Microsoft says servers running the company's website and MSN Search and Messenger applications have been migrated to the 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003. 'Our MSN search engine is actually built on several thousand systems running the x64 version of Windows,' a spokesperson said. In addition, 'the entire Microsoft.com site has been migrated, and we serve 30 million unique visitors every day.' According to the company, the Messenger servers handle about 70 million users."

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  1. Re:Bill, Bill, Bill... by Neophytus · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Why does this quote still get used as if it's somehow relevant? By today's specs 1TB of hard disk space should be enough for anybody but that's not to say that in five years it will be.