Hi,

Thanks for the answer, where can I get the IB operation guide ?
It's just strange, before everything was working just fine, it
happened after upgrading to FB 1.5 Alpha 5. It's running on Win
NT4, with 512MB RAM.

Thanks, Nico


--- In ib-support@yahoogroups.com, "William L. Thomson Jr."
<support@o...> wrote:

> Nico,
> You are a little short on details. Like proc usage before,

memory usage

> before and after the crash etc.
>
> I would start by getting a copy of the IB Operation Guide and

make sure

> you have your isc.config file dialed in or what ever that file is

called

> on windows.
>
> Further more I would look into a different stable platform.

Let's set

> aside biases for the moment.
>
> A few months back while working with the API via C++, while

testing out

> a new connection pool in Java, Firebird stop accepting requests.
>
> It could not allocate any more memory and therefore could do

no more.

> Now it did not crash, and it continue along for over a day like

that.

> Finally I got in patient and restarted the process. Of course after

I

> adjusted my settings. I complained to this list, and was

embarrassingly

> told to consult the Operations Guide. I did and things have been

smooth

> since then.
>
> Now back in the day when I was developing on windows, and

using IB 6 it

> crashed all the time. Now IB 6 was buggy, but I do not blame it for

the

> crashes. When I migrated to another platform, all crashing problems

have

> been a thing of the past.
>
> The worst I ran into was the server being tied up, busy for a

long

> time. Forcing me to restart it, but no crashes.
>
> Anyway if possible migrate to a *nix platform, Linux, BSD,

Solaris, OS

> X.
>
> Anything that doesn't have built in support for crashing the most

stable

> of apps. ;) Ok a little biasness there, it slipped out.
>
> Now as another suggestion you may need more ram, or to adjust your

VM

> machine settings.
>
> You did not mention the version of Windows you are using. I sure

hope

> it's not 98, and hopefully something part of the NT branch. XP

excluded,

> to many bells and whistles that get in the way.
>
> --
> Sincerely,
> William L. Thomson Jr.
> Support Group
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