We did consider and still do consider switching to CS.
but we found a link on google to a person with the exacvt same problems. He switched to CS without any result.

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Michael Weissenbacher <mw@...> wrote:
>
> Hi!
> > And we just have another situation, where the server stopped responding.
> >
> > some 110 connections. And noone could do anything or connect or disconnect from the server
> >
> It may not be doable for you, but have you considered switching to classic. In my experience classic is much more stable in such situations. Since every database connection gets it's own process it's almost impossible that the whole servers grinds to a halt.
>
> The most important thing to check when switching from SS->CS is the setting for page buffers. And you need to make yourself familiar with xinetd.
>
> Michael
>