> Paul,
>
> > > I'm sure that there are a 5000+ corporate groups which are
> > > running 16TB+ databases from PC Servers.
> >
> > The real issue is, if you bought the computer, and decided to
> > run Firebird on it, would Firebird be happy to manage your
> > 16TB+ database?
>
> I'm about 98% confident that the Firebird engine would run without any
> serious issues.
>
> The reality of Firebird's current database backup/restore
> performance/methodology would make it Firebird an impractical solution.
>
>
> The speed of Firebird's backup/restore would need to increase by 50-100x
> -- current backups at a client site are running about 500KB/s (on a kick
> ass Quad Compaq box with RAIDed 15,000 RPM drives).

If you can spring $3,000,000 for hardware to handle 32TB database,
then you can donate 5-10% to Firebird Development Team or to person who
increase
50-100x or maybe 1000x the speed of GBAK.

Firebird Foundation can handle this transaction ;-)

Tom


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