Thanks for the reply, yes I am aware of all of this, nonetheless I'm
still looking for a solution.

Regards,
Marc

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Leyne, Sean" <Sean@...>
wrote:

>
>
> > When creating a shadow, is there anyway to find out if the shadow
> > file is active and sync'ed with the server?
>
> Are you aware:
>
> - The shadow feature was introduced long before RAID controller
> technology was as widely available as it is today.
>
> - The shadow feature is an extremely "expensive" disk operation --

all

> writes are duplicated in the engine *software*.
>
>
> I would recommend in the STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS that you

investigate

> the use of OS level or controller level disk mirror/RAID solutions,
> instead of shadows.
>
>
> Sean
>