Fred,

we have a W2003 Server Standard Edition running on a DELL Computer.
The CPU is a Xeon 2,8 GHz and we have a DELL RAID Controller.

Regards
Gerhard

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Fred Gordon <fred@m...>
wrote:

>
> Thanks to all for the really good feedback.
>
> Gerhard,
> What type of cpu & OS are you running this db on?
> Is your disk just a standard IDE drive or are you using SCSI?
>
> -Fred
>
> gbehnke2000 wrote:
>
> > Fred,
> >
> > our DB has a size of 13-16 GByte that is not a problem. Our

problem

> > is what we have many connections 160-200 and so from time to time

we

> > will reach the 2GByte Limit of address space which can be handled
> > from FB. If the 2GB Limit is reached FB crashes and will be

restarted

> > immediately from the Guardian (Never did we lost any datas if the
> > crash happens !)
> > We're in discussion with Paul Reeves which means that there is a

FB

> > Version available which can handle more then 2GByte RAM if the
> > corresponding Boot Switch from Windows is right adjusted.
> > Up to this problem FB is very stable and fast.
> >
> > Best regards
> > Gerhard
> >
> > P.S. Please i don't want to start a discussion why we don't use a
> > applicationsserver to keep the connections smaller. We use a
> > applicationsserver for our slow line connections but we don't

want to

> > use it for our fast inhouse connections.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Fred Gordon <fred@m...>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > I am working on a project to convert several old informix

standard

> > > engine databases over to a new platform. I converted a small
> > database
> > > and have been doing some testing and so far Firebird (super

server)

> > > seems to be working wonderfully.
> > >
> > > Does anyone on this forum have any experience using Firebird in

a

> > large
> > > production environment? I know that large is relative....

some of

> > the
> > > system that I need to convert have as many as 50 concurrent

users

> > and
> > > several tables with 5 million+ records. The databases grow to

10

> > or so
> > > gigs. So when I say large I mean to large for ms access not
> > oracle :-)
> > >
> > > We will be using Tomcat and JDBC to access the database.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Fred.
> >