| Subject | Re: [firebird-support] Is it safe to backup a database from another firebird server? |
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| Author | David Johnson |
| Post date | 2005-08-12T20:25:58Z |
On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 19:42 +0000, Juan Jose Ochoa wrote:
Lacking RAID, I believe that shadowing is an option in Firebird. You
will need to read Helen's book.
You do NOT want two engines competing for the same file, and the folks
maintaining Firebird have thoughtfully made it as nearly impossible as
they could to do this, probably because it caused so much grief.
database?
> Hi,What you want is called RAID.
>
> I know two simultaneous engines can mess up a database. But, one READ-
> WRITE (On Production) and the other only doing frequent backups?
Lacking RAID, I believe that shadowing is an option in Firebird. You
will need to read Helen's book.
You do NOT want two engines competing for the same file, and the folks
maintaining Firebird have thoughtfully made it as nearly impossible as
they could to do this, probably because it caused so much grief.
>Why would you run NAV on a database? Are you keeping code in the
> Also...
>
> Is it safe to run Northon Antivirus on a live firebird database?
>
database?