I have a similary problem with my configuration.

On my Gentoo x86_64, i setup a chroot enviroment for running 32 bit
aplication and installed firebird 1.5 32 bit. I waiting for fb2 release
to switch my database. Please contact me private if you wish detail
about my configuration.


Dorian.


mi_whitebrook_13 wrote:

> Hi List,
> i've recently installed a brand-new server with the following specs:
> 2xIntel XEON 3.2 GhZ
> 4GB of RAM
> 4x150GB SCSI HDD in a RAID5 Array
> Gentoo 2006.0 x86_64 Version, Kernel 2.6.16
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> It should serve primarily as our Firebird Database Server. From my
> previous testing (on 32-bit Gentoo) I've found that the Classic Server
> is both more stable and has better performance than the Superserver.
> So far so good.
>
> Now i've run into the problem that Firebird is masked for AMD64.
> Digging around in this list i've found the information that Firebird
> 1.5.3 does not support the AMD64 platform and may even corrupt data on
> it. The official solution seems to be Firebird 2, but it is in
> RC-State and I think it should not yet be trusted in a production
> environment.
>
> What options have I got? I've come up with those ones:
> - Unmask and compile Firebird 1.5.3 for AMD64 (bad idea maybe)
> - Use the latest Firebird 2 RC2 (is it stable yet?)
> - Ditch the 64-bit install and go for x86 (I really don't like this
> idea since we may put more RAM into the box in the future)
>
> Does anybody have experience with Firebird on AMD64 in a production
> environment?
>
> thanks for any input,
> Michael
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