LC> It is a little amazing at time when some things work fast on one machine and a LC> lot slower on another, but the sort of problem you are seeing I would check that LC> there is not a problem with the hard disc. I've seen that sort of effect when LC> the controller is having trouble reading a disk. It WILL read the data LC> eventually, but keeps winding the heads back to '0' and repositioning for each LC> block read. Replacing the hard disk and restoring the data invariably cleared LC> the problem. Had it a couple of time now - 'Maxtor' discs have been stripped LC> from all my customer machines now!
My guess is that the time differences are also related to the configuration of the file system used in his linux server (ie: barrier and other params). Kouzmenko and me tested in Windows machines. Carlos Firebird Performance in Detail - http://videos.firebirddevelopersday.com www.firebirdnews.org - www.FireBase.com.br
