--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Ann W. Harrison"

>
> I'd suggest replication to a second server. Replication is done at
> a logical level - as opposed to shadowing which is physical and will
> cause corruption to appear in both the main database and shadow.
> With replication, there is no recovery process. Just switch to the
> second copy, set up a third copy, and you're running again.
>

... what about for embedded applications?