"Leyne, Sean" <Sean@...> wrote:

>
> I would argue that write-ahead log would be a determent to Firebird.
> The engine is more that able to handle device failures without it.
>
> v2.0 includes a new backup tool, NBackup, which provides for database
> image and snapshot backup and recovery functions.

Neither of them allows point-in-time recovery which is a *must* for any
serious DBMS. So I'll be argueing that WAL or any other form of the redo
logging is strongly required.


Dmitry