You can back up and restore databases between servers running Microsoft® SQL Server™ on a different processor architecture. Cross-platform restore is supported from Intel® 32-bit x86 microprocessors to DEC Alpha AXP microprocessors, and from DEC Alpha to Intel x86. For example, you can back up a database from SQL Server running on a computer with a DEC Alpha processor, and restore the database to SQL Server running on a computer with an Intel x86 processor.
Note MIPS and Power PC platforms are no longer supported by SQL Server.
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