Subject Re: [firebird-support] Failed restore
Author Steve Wiser
Maybe you could try to restore it on a linux box just to verify that the
db is good?

-steve

Bob Murdoch wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:firebird-support%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 8:36 AM
> >
> > At 10:21 PM 6/06/2007, you wrote:
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> > Not all NTFS partitions are created equal. If the NTFS partition was
> > created under NT 4, it will have a 4 gig limit. The no-limit NTFS
> > partition didn't arrive until NT 5. It's not unusual for "spare
> > servers" to be the walking dead, after all.
> >
> > Also - I've seen such phenomena, even on NT5 partitions, when the
> > disk is in the process of dying. A full scan would at least
> > eliminate this as a possible problem...
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> This occurs on two separate servers (the production and the secondary
> server). Both are raid 5 with 3 scsi drives in the array. Both were
> built from the ground up with W2k3 server.
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> I'll have the help desk walk by the boxes and see if the red light is
> on any of the drives.
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> thanks
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> Bob M..
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