Jonathan,

> First off, I am aware that System Restore affects .gdb files and
> Hyperthreading should be disabled.
>
> Problem Server 1 :
> I have a clean install Windows 2003 Enterprise Server with the only
> server being a FileServer. It is running on a non-hyperthreaded box,
> and I have renamed my test db 'fabibdata.fab'.
>
> When using the IBConsole to log in and out to the local server, it
> takes around 10-12 seconds.
>
> Problem Server 2:
> At a client site, on a similar Windows 2003 scenario with HT
> disabled, the IBConsole Communication Diagnostics tool shows a
> sucessful test against port 3050, however when I attempt to test the
> DBConnection with the local file "c:\test.gdb", it fails with "Error -
> unavailable database". If I change the file name
> to "localhost:c:\test.gdb" it connects, after 10-12 seconds.
>
> Anyone have any ideas what this all means?

You're only chance is to upgrade either to InterBase 7.1 (which
isn't free) or to Firebird 1.5. Really.



HTH,
Thomas Steinmaurer
LogManager Serie - Logging/Auditing Suites supporting
InterBase, Firebird, Advantage Database and MS SQL Server
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