IMHO if this *is* an OS issue, you could switch your FB server to another OS that
doesn't have this behaviour. Perhaps FreeBSD or Linux would be good candidates.

Since it's just the database server you'll move, there should be no disruption to the rest
of your system.

Regards,
Daniel Berstein.

On 16 Sep 2003 at 15:34, bmorrison_navco wrote:

> Interesting, but this doesn't explain why Firebird stays failed
> (accepts new connections, but raises Pipe Server errors whenever an
> operation is attempted).
>
> As for rebooting every month, that isn't feasible with the data
> aquisition our machines are doing. Is there any other way around
> this problem?
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Bill Morrison
>
> > This is (not so) well known issue with Win9x/NT. AFAIR, it has
> something
> > to do with sequencing of IP packets, and at critical moment one
> packet
> > gets lower number than previous, so system concludes that
> connection is
> > dropped. Firebird is not the only application that can suffer from
> it.
> > AFAIK, the solution is to either use other OS, or to restart the
> > computer periodically (once per month should do it).
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > --
> > Milan Babuskov
> > http://fbexport.sourceforge.net
>
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