--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "ibrahim bulut"
<i.bulut@i...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> i have a customer that uses Windows 2003 Server with Firebird 1.0.3
>
> when my program is opening, connection is slow (20 second)
>
> what is the problem
>
> what i must do

First thing I would try is volume shadowing. If it is enabled on the
volume the database is on, then it will slow down the connection.

Failing that, temporarily disable hyperthreading in BIOS and see if
that fixes things.

I would also check out Firebird 1.5 which is faster than 1.0

Adam