> >No the Firebird DB lies on a different device that gets mounted

both

> >when booted master as when server, only the path differs. (eg
> >/DB/MYDB.FDB vs /mnt/master/DB/MyDB.FDB) And firebird is installed

on

> >both master as slave boot (on each machine)
>
> But then you don't need to care about anything! If DB file is
> placed on external RAID, everything you must to do if server get
> broken, is to connect it to backup one and boot it. Exactly the
> scenario you described.
> I heard that there are external RAIDs able to be connected to two
> computers simultaneously, so it doesn't require even switching of
> cables.
> --

No, both servers are dual boot, but disks are internal and both
servers have this separate partition on which the DB file in stored.
and wether they are started as master or as slave, they always see
that partition.

That's the hardware I have to work on. therefore the sync of DB's.

Best Regards,
Dirk Naudts.