| Subject | Re: [firebird-support] Re: What is the Guardian used for? |
|---|---|
| Author | Helen Borrie |
| Post date | 2004-06-23T13:59:34Z |
At 01:53 PM 23/06/2004 +0000, you wrote:
On Superserver, Guardian restarts the server if it crashes. Since you can
also set up services on Win2K and WinXP to restart automatically if they
crash, you don't really need Guardian at all for services on these
platforms. On an unattended NT4 server it's a good idea to run it.
When you run the server as an application (as you have to do on Win98 or
you might be silly enough to do on the others) then Guardian is also a good
idea.
/heLen
>--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "waynebrsa" <wayne@c...>Yeah. Do you expect a two-minute response time on this list?
>wrote:
> > What is the Guardian used for?
> >
> > Do i need it?
>
>Does No body know the answer?
On Superserver, Guardian restarts the server if it crashes. Since you can
also set up services on Win2K and WinXP to restart automatically if they
crash, you don't really need Guardian at all for services on these
platforms. On an unattended NT4 server it's a good idea to run it.
When you run the server as an application (as you have to do on Win98 or
you might be silly enough to do on the others) then Guardian is also a good
idea.
/heLen