> On the other hand, a 12 hour backup is pretty bad. What
> version of Firebird do you run? Have you run a gstat with
> the -r switch (combine -a and -r, I think) before the
> backup to see where the garbage is collecting?

the last version, 2.1.3, i will try the gstat -r thanks !

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> Good luck,
>
> Ann
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