You mean :

- when Firebird is ended abnormally (ie UDF problem...) with a
database connected, it could corrupt it if forced writes is OFF ?

- if you shutdown Firebird server normally, same problem or everything
is properly closed ?

and decrease of performance is 3x less always ?

Regards

Alexandre

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Leyne, Sean" <Sean@...> wrote:
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>
>
> > Yes, unless with a good ups, its better ON by default (and mandatory
> > on Win 9x).
>
> Forced Writes = ON is really not dependent on UPS, it is about server
> abends/restarts.
>
> Unless you can *100%* guarantee that the server will **never**
> restart/abend then Forced Writes = OFF is a **significant** exposure to
> database corruption.
>
> This applies to ALL Windows versions, including Win2008.
>
>
> Sean
>
> P.S. There were new settings introduced in FB v2.0 which allows you
> to control the relative level of exposure, but only Forced Writes = ON
> offers true protection.
>