Helen,

And between FB 2.0 or 2.1, what version would you choose and why?
Thanks
Fabian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Helen Borrie" <helebor@...>
To: <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Choosing Firebird Version and Server OS and
bits (32 or 64)


> At 12:21 PM 8/04/2008, you wrote:
>>Hi All,
>>
>>We have:
>>
>>An existing 2GB Firebird 2.0 SS database with 200 concurrent users,
>>on a gigabit network.
>>A Dual Opteron 16GB Ram, Linux 64 bits Fedora Core 5 server (Linux
>>uname -a Linux 2.6.18-1.2239.fc5 #1 SMP x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
>>GNU/Linux)
>>A Dual Core Duo Intel 64 bit Xeon with Windows 2003 32 bit installed,
>>with all patches installed.
>>
>>And We are currently planning to migrate to whatever is recommended
>>(either FB 2.0 RC 4 or 2.1 or whatever, on Win2003 64/32 or Linux
>>64/32)
>>
>>I read about some issues with Firebird and linux 64 bits,
>>
>>Could someone help us understanding the difference between database
>>versions and what is the recommende version to go live with, and what
>>server is better (Linux 32 ,64? or Win 32 - 64?)
>
> A 32-bit application can run (albeit sub-optimally) on a 64-bit (amd64)
> OS. However, a 64-bit application can't run on a 32-bit (or x86) OS. No
> Firebird Superserver releases so far can benefit from multiple CPUs. On
> multi-CPU Windows machines you must set CPUAffinity to a single processor
> (the default is processor 0).
>
> On Windows, there is no 64-bit implementation of Fb 2.0.x so your choice
> is Classic or Superserver. Choose Classic if you want to utilise your 2
> processors. For Fb 2.1, choose the 64-bit version only if you're running
> the 64-bit Server 2003. The 32-bit version will also work.
>
> If you are running a 32-bit Linux, test both Classic and Superserver with
> typical loads and choose the one that works better.
>
> If you choose SS for Linux you will need to match the build version with
> the threading model that is enabled in your Linux kernel: usually NPTL is
> enabled with the 2.6 Kernel but some distros may have (or should have) it
> disabled because of known issues with Opteron CPUs.
>
> Choose the non-nptl SS build if you're using a 2.4 kernel or if the
> Opteron issue on the 2.6 kernel has been addressed by disabling NPTL.
>
> For 64-bit, it gets simple again. Choose the amd64 arch build if you are
> running a 64-bit Linux, with your preference of Classic or Superserver.
>
> ./heLen
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