Kjell Rilbe wrote:

> Claudio Romero skriver:
>> http://www.firebirdsql.org/manual/gfix-shadow.html
>>
>> Shadow is a replication at transaction level and real time. The two or
>> more copy databases are identical. Good for disc failure
>
> So what is technically the difference between shadow files and
> replication, apart from the fact that shadowing is built into FB while
> replication requires a third-party tool?

Replication can run across network. Replication can be ad-hoc so it does
not hog the system resources of the main server.

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Milan Babuskov

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