> Solaris 9 both. Client is running on separate machine from server

Isn't forced writes a Windows-only option?

> Java, JDBC. I am running TPC-B. I don't know what you mean by
> "database objects"

Do you use JayBird? Is it possible to get your test suite somewhere?

> > What transaction isolation mode are you using
>
> read uncommitted

If you use JayBird, you should check your connection warnings. This
transaction isolation level is not supported, it is promoted to
READ_COMMITTED.

Thanks!
Roman Rokytskyy