--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Birch"
<mark_birch@l...> wrote:

>
> I am interested, however, to note that you can't backup/restore off the
> physical drive on which the server sits (Helen has raised that several
> times). So, how are they going to backup/restore if the database is on
> a different file system (HD) from the server?
>
> Or am I on the completely wrong track....?

Yes.
Firebird database must be on a disk directly controlled by firebird
server.
Most often backups will only go to a disk directly controlled by the
firebird server.
They do not need to be the same disk.