> 1 - you are still using a Win98 system and so NTFS isn't supported??? NTFS is not supported on some forms of solaris, linux and other OS's we have in the office - windows is not the only operating system on the market and many standalone devices only support the win98/fat32 formats due to MS licensing of NTFS.
> > 2 - you can't afford *$40* CDN for a *1 TB* external USB2 storage device???!!! Still does not help when moving files from one set of OS's to another - even when going from the same type of device to another, you do not want to have to reformat your USB sticks every time you start the move process - it is easier to have a simple set of script that work and a universal filing system that comes standard on all usb thumb drives/sd cards > > 3 - given the limited write life of MLC flash memory cells* (3500 writes), > not to mention speed, there is no way that a USB flash drive should be > considered as an appropriate primary storage for any database file. > I never said it was a primary storage medium, I am saying as a migration medium - as gbak breaks depending upon the version (there was a time you could backup and restore in a single command all using pipes, but that broke depending upon the version of FB. Then you could break a backup across multiple files and restore from multiple files, but again, that is broken on various releases) so sometimes the only safe way to break up a database and ensure being able to access it is via multiple files. > > *USB Flash drives do not have the same amount of over-provisioned memory as > SSDs (or the same smart memory controllers) which means that the write life > span of a flush drive is very limited (really intended as read memory). > Does not apply when using it as sneakernet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
