At 09:53 PM 26/04/2004 -0400, you wrote:

>I'm using FB1.5 (release version) in Classic mode on a new multiprocessor
>Windows2003 server with 1GB of ram.
>
>The database is 10GB, page size 8192, buffers 2048.
>
>I'm running it in test mode right now to see how the Classic version
>behaves. I just came across this problem in the logs:
>
>Internal gds software consistency check (page in use during flush 210))
>
>In the 15 seconds prior to this message in the log, there are two 10061
>connect errors, and then a 'Guardian starting' message.
>According to the few messages I can find about this error (none of them
>recent), this kind of message usually is reported along with a corrupt
>database complaint.
>
>Can someone give me a clue as to what this message means, and what can be
>done to prevent it?

It gives me a bad feeling. May I suggest you report it into
firebird-devel? Make sure that you check to make sure Forced Writes was
enabled, and mention it in your report. The idea that a page in use was
eligible for a flush sounds a bit scary to me.

/heLen