We get a lot better Backup size using the Transportable option, I just
wanted to be sure I don't lose anything from running these types of
backup?



Non-transportable = 3.5GB backup

Transportable = 890MB Backup

Windows reported DB Size = 1.5GB



I'm 99.99% sure it'll be fine, but as its quite a drop in backup size...
heh

And as always, its always good to hear it from someone else too!

Cheers

Andrew



From: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ann W. Harrison
Sent: 17 July 2008 16:21
To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Re: GBAK Backup Size



Jason Chapman wrote:

>
> As a GBK is just meta data and then the data streamed, and a FDB has
> additional space requirements for indices and the fact that records
> don't 100% fill the page space, DB's are bigger than backups.
>

Usually, but not always. Unless my memory is worse than usual, the
data in the backup is not compressed as it is when it's stored. A
database with lots of over sized fields and few indexes might be
bigger in a backup.

Regards

Ann



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