>>Everythings seems to work well, when I only start fbserver so I'm
>>wondering if I really need fbguard. (It's just a desktop database for
>>playing around a bit)
>
> fbguard, also known as the guardian, is by no means necessary. If you are
> just playing around, no need to use it.

To elaborate. It only applies to windows, and was created to
get round problems with high reliability - when windows
failed miserably. As stated, when Firebird crashes on
Windows ( which still does happen from time to time - when
windows hickups ;) ) Guardian restarts it automatically and
everything picks up again ( if programmed correctly ).

If you manage to crash Firebird, without Guardian running,
you just start it yourself :)

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