At 10:40 4/09/2008, you wrote:

>Adam,
>
>> Hello Group,
>>
>> Is there any known issues or considerations for running Firebird
>> (specifically 1.5.5, but any version) within a virtual machine
>> (specifically VMWare with a 2003 server guest)?
>>
>> I have it working normally on my laptop (to the extent I can tell),
>> but are there any issues/limitations/just don't go there/etc issues I
>> need to be aware of.
>
>We run FB under VM's all the time, without any issues.
>
>I have never, though, done any benchmarking of the environment, since we
>use VM's mainly for testing and supporting legacy versions of our
>product.
>
>I can say that the Firebird Tracker site is hosted on a VMWare GSX v1.0
>box, while running a Linux VM. While there have been many issues with
>connectivity and the Tracker software itself, the database has been rock
>solid.
>
>I would only have concerns if you were using a VM to host a VERY active
>database.

Sean, Adam and others who have experimented/failed/succeeded with VMWare as the platform for Firebird servers - it would be FANTASTIC if you would get your heads together and write a HOWTO doc on this subject. I hereby offer to edit it and do what it takes to make it available as a proper firebird-docs document.

./heLen