Jason,

J> What kind of Defrag system would let you defrag with it not being safe?
J> It should work just fine.

there is "anecdotal evidence" that at times Firebird does not react
well to some errors thrown by the file system: someone reports that
even copying a database while it is in use may damage *the source
file*.

There is no definitive answer to this, but in the meantime -
just in case - I'd refrain from copying live databases (which is
pointless anyway), defragment the disk containing a live database or
throwing the machine that hosts a live database out the window.

Ciao
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Nando Dessena
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