Thomas,

from our experience... under 2003 you have two problems.

1. xxx.gdb file is slow which is why FB1.5 renames the file. No one
has explained why. I suspect the usual MS "windows isnt done until
lotus doesnt run" syndrome. Just renaming your dbs file does no good
because the isc4.gdb is still a gdb. So you have to use FB1.5 or the
latest IB.

2. 2003 classifies IOB/FB as an app even when it runs as a service. If
you configure the server to optimise for applications, you will see an
enormous boost.



Thomas Steinmaurer wrote:

>Paul,
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>>>Slow connections on Windows 2003 with IB < 7.1 and FB < 1.5
>>>is a known issue.
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>>This is true, but the connections aren't _that_ slow. The code used to
>>have a built in one second delay.
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>No, on Windows 2003 it is another issue.
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>>This has been removed in Fb 1.0.3 and
>>Fb 1.5. The slow down here is a result of something else. But I have no
>>idea what is the cause.
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>Me neither. ;-)
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>AFAIR, Nickolay posted something about that in firebird-devel some
>months ago.
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>Thomas
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