What do these tmp files do? Would it be advisable to get another hard disk
just for the Linux OS and Tmp files and then use the RAID for the
database files.
That is often suggested for Oracle.

Helen Borrie wrote:

>
>
>
> He is talking about defining one or more directories for Firebird to
> use for its temporary sort files. You specify them in the
> TempDirectories parameter of firebird.conf.
>
> Create a /home/firebird directory in a partition that has plenty of
> space available, i.e. about 2 or 3 times the size of the database
> file. Make the OS user 'firebird' the owner of the directory. Then,
> uncomment TempDirectories in firebird.conf and enter the path to that
> directory, e.g.
>
> TempDirectories = /home/firebird
>
> You can assign multiple TempDirectories using a semi-colon separated
> list, e.g.
>
> TempDirectories = /home/firebird;/var/firebird
>
> The server will have to be shutdown and restarted to make these
> changes take effect.
>
> ^heLen
>
>
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