> > > I have a single Linux host server with several Virtualbox guest VM's. > I've been attempting to move everything possible from the host to one > of the guests. > > One of the last holdovers is Firebird. The reason is I use NFS to > mount host folders within the guest for critical data - and the .fdb > certainly counts.
NFS is an networking system not part of virtualbox. Virtualbox has an mechanism of its own to allow gests access to host filesystem you shoulkd try that instead. > So for my use case - I have a single Firebird server instance. There > will never be more than one copy of Firebird running. All write and > 99.99% read access to the .fdb would be through that single Firebird > instance (except for automated remote backup operations running on the > host). It's not an good idea to backup database file while firebird-server is running on that file. You should use firebirds backup functionality instead. > Am I "safe", possibly even correct, in using RemoteFileOpenAbility in > this use case? This option is for pepole knowing what they are doing - those pepole usually do not ask if it is ok. Elmar
