Re: [firebird-support] DRBD

2014-12-10 Thread Alexey Kovyazin a...@ib-aid.com [firebird-support]
Hi All, 1. Does anyone know if Firebird + DRBD is a thing or am I ploughing my own furrow? I have it working flawlessly for 5+ years here. DRBD + XFS + Firebird Databases on 2 Cluster nodes with Heartbeat / Pacemaker. The more interesting question is how database corruption will be

Re: [firebird-support] DRBD

2014-12-10 Thread Alexey Kovyazin a...@ib-aid.com [firebird-support]
Ian, My next test, hopefully tomorrow, will be to turn Forced Writes off, and kill the link in the 5 second time between doing stuff and the OS deciding to do anything with it, but I think I'm still on a hiding to nothing unless I can get the packets to drop part way through the

Re: [firebird-support] Firebird database seems to influence multi user ability

2014-12-08 Thread Alexey Kovyazin a...@ib-aid.com [firebird-support]
Hi Benny, Look here http://ib-aid.com/en/articles/cannot-commit-index-or-how-to-pump-data-from-partially-restored-inconsistent-database/ I suggest to insert fake record with ORDERID = 4127, and then try to activate index. Regards, Alexey Kovyazin IBSurgeon Hi, I have been an interbase guy

[firebird-support] Firebird Language Reference - Firebird needs your help

2014-11-07 Thread Alexey Kovyazin a...@ib-aid.com [firebird-support]
Hi All, The Firebird Project is pleased to announce that the Firebird 2.5 Language Reference is now available in Russian. It can be downloaded via the Firebird SQL documentation page http://www.firebirdsql.org/en/reference-manuals/ Why is it only available in Russian? Moscow Exchange

Re: [firebird-support] Migration from Firebird 32 1.5.6 to Firebird 64 2.5.3

2014-10-29 Thread Alexey Kovyazin a...@ib-aid.com [firebird-support]
Hi, I want to replace my Firebird 32 1.5.6 with the last Firebird 64 2.5.3, http://www.slideshare.net/ibsurgeon/firebird-migration-from-firebird-15-to-firebird-25 Regards, Alexey Kovyazin IBSurgeon

Re: [firebird-support] Firebird performance question

2014-10-02 Thread Alexey Kovyazin a...@ib-aid.com [firebird-support]
Hi Bill, If your application and database are the same and and you using them in the same manner with the same Firebird configuration (http://ib-aid.com/en/optimized-firebird-configuration/), the difference in performance is always explained by hardware - either hardware problem (like

Re: [firebird-support] Firebird Embedded corruptions

2014-09-23 Thread Alexey Kovyazin a...@ib-aid.com [firebird-support]
Jan, Yes that would probably be a better choice for us, but we cannot bundle IBFirstAId together with our application. Will however download it and try it on files to got sent to us. Actually, current version of FirstAID which is available at our web site is a full version, but it requests

Re: [firebird-support] nbackup database made database inaccessible

2014-09-21 Thread Alexey Kovyazin a...@ib-aid.com [firebird-support]
Hello, If you have moved or deleted .delta-file, you got the correct message. If delta file was corrupted, or database was corrupted in the way which prevent merge, there could be various error messages. Check your database with gfix -v -full now, to be sure it's Ok. Is it risky to run a

Re: [firebird-support] Firebird Embedded corruptions

2014-09-13 Thread Alexey Kovyazin a...@ib-aid.com [firebird-support]
Hi Jan, You did not tell what kind of corruption you had (please provide full text of error). There are plenty of them, as well as reasons. You also could use our tool FirstAID (Direct) to analyze database on low level and see where are the problems. Regards, Alexey Kovyazin IBSurgeon

Re: [firebird-support] Configuring Firebird for high transaction through put

2014-09-12 Thread Alexey Kovyazin a...@ib-aid.com [firebird-support]
Hi Russel, Good starting point could be our optimized configuration files: http://ib-aid.com/en/optimized-firebird-configuration/ Regards, Alexey Kovyazin IBSurgeon What type of access (read vs. write mix) are you expecting? Mainly write What mix of small vs. large queries are you expecting?

Re: [firebird-support] Re: TempCacheLimit in Super Classic

2014-07-08 Thread Alexey Kovyazin a...@ib-aid.com [firebird-support]
Hi, Ï am not sure that Dmitry wins here, since original question is not 100% correct. Cache is always per server process - each server process has own cache, in all architectures, and difference is in connection/server process model. So, SuperClassic is like Classic in terms of usage - the

Re: [firebird-support] Unable to repair a corrupt database

2014-07-03 Thread Alexey Kovyazin a...@ib-aid.com [firebird-support]
Hi, Try to open database with FirstAID Extractor (it's free) and check is there data you are looking inside. Regards, Alexey Kovyazin IBSurgeon I have a Firebird 2.5.2 database (ODS 11.2). The database has corrupted. When I open the database, I receive a message page 1577 is

Re: [firebird-support] Database Too Large.

2014-06-27 Thread Alexey Kovyazin a...@ib-aid.com [firebird-support]
Hi Stefano, To decrease database size you need to make backup/restore. Then, to keep its growth under control, you need to perform the following maintenance procedure: 1) stop Firebird server and then start it immediately (less than 3 sec downtime). 2) run gfix -sweep -user SYSDBA -pass

Re: [firebird-support] Why different Firebird instances have different read/fetches statistics

2014-06-11 Thread Alexey Kovyazin a...@ib-aid.com [firebird-support]
Hi Jonathan, Most likely you have different firebird.conf. Align them and check again. Regards, Alexey Kovyazin Hi! I have different Firebird instances/databases, one is running on Windows, another on Linux (the servers have different RAM amount as well). The execution of the same SQL code

Re: [firebird-support] Firebird 1.5 on 64bit OS. Newer Hardware but bad performance

2014-05-30 Thread Alexey Kovyazin a...@ib-aid.com [firebird-support]
Halim, Ok, thank you. 1.5 is really old, upgrade asap. Regards, Alexey Kovyazin Hi Alexey, Here is where I read it. Page 7. PPT Presentation during FDD 2012, Brazil. http://www.slideshare.net/ibsurgeon/resolving-firebird-performance-problems# Keep in mind, we are still using 1.5 FB. Thank

Re: [firebird-support] Restore DB with Firebird 1.5 Super Server vs Classic Server

2014-05-28 Thread Alexey Kovyazin a...@ib-aid.com [firebird-support]
Hi Halim, Try to use optimized configuration file for Firebird 1.5 Classic: http://ib-aid.com/optimized-firebird-configuration Regards, Alexey Kovyazin IBSurgeon Here is the link to the zip file: http://ge.tt/1raCY2i1/v/0?c Thank you, -Halim To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com From:

Re: [firebird-support] Restore DB with Firebird 1.5 Super Server vs Classic Server

2014-05-27 Thread Alexey Kovyazin a...@ib-aid.com [firebird-support]
Hi Halim, firebird-support does not allow attachments. Please put zip with info to some sharing service like ge.tt, and post link here. Regards, Alexey Kovyazin IBSurgeon Please see attached zip file with questionnaire response regarding our server performance.Also, I have attached restore

Re: [firebird-support] Restore DB with Firebird 1.5 Super Server vs Classic Server

2014-05-24 Thread Alexey Kovyazin a...@ib-aid.com [firebird-support]
Hi, In order to give you a good optimization advice, please answer the following questions: http://ib-aid.com/en/articles/required-information-for-firebird-database-performance-optimization/ Regards, Alexey Kovyazin IBSurgeon Thank you for your reply. I used default restore settings and I

Re: [firebird-support] port requirements for Firebird Services API - IBAnalyst

2014-05-22 Thread Alexey Kovyazin a...@ib-aid.com [firebird-support]
Hi Ann, Unfortunately, we did not receive your email to supp...@ib-aid.com or to ibanal...@ib-aid.com. Services API works through the same port (3050 by default), as all connections. Regarding IBAnalyst connection - most likely you don't have correct version of client library in path, and

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