At 07:41 AM 07-06-02 +0000, you wrote:

>We plan to use FB
>in 24x7 environments (healthcare)
>
>Is it safe / recommended ?

Yes, but put the database server on Linux. "24/7" and "Windows server" are
a contradiction in terms.

>In the our other database products
>we have used from leading vendors
>the database size < 500mb so we may
>assume that FB will not exceed 1GB
>if that information is of use

Database size isn't an issue, per se, provided you keep an eye on database
growth and prepare for splitting the database file well before a database
approaches the filesystem file-size limit which, in any case, is 2 Gb or more.

Helen


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