Martin, Vlad head read my mind and answered :) Try remote restore through service manager, it is much faster.
Regards, Alexey Kovyazin вт, 17 сент. 2019 г., 9:59 hv...@users.sourceforge.net [firebird-support] < firebird-support@yahoogroups.com>: > > > ---In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, <Martin.Koeditz@...> wrote : > > > I often perform restores on remote servers via WAN. Since this sometimes > takes a long time, I wonder if gbak > takes into account the parameter > WireCompression. What needs to be set as where? > > gbak is usual client application, it needs no special actions to use > WireCompression. Just put zlib1.dll near the fbclient.dll and set > WireCompression = true at client side (using firebird.conf or DPB). Make > sure zlib1.dll is present at server side also. > > But much more efficient way to do restore via slow network is remote > backup\restore (see CORE-2666). > Read doc\README.services_extension chapter (4) for details. > > Regards, > Vlad > > > >