Leyne, Sean wrote:

> Further, given the "careful write" design of the Firebird operations, a backup which 'catches' a database update operation mid-completion will still be valid (though with an incomplete transaction) upon restore -- just as if a server lost power in mid-operation.
>
> So, pending on your expectations for the state of the database following a restore, there is no problem with using any VSS based backup software.

BUT would you want to rely on the state that the snapshot is in? Surely it WILL
not necessarily be in a state which you have some control over? Makeing a
controlled backup of the live data which you know the satte when it was made has
to be much controllable?

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