Subject Can stopping the Firebird Server damage database if a sweep is being performed
Author theodorezafiropoulos
Hi,

I have Win XP Pro and Firebird 2.1.2.18118 running as super server.

The database increases in size by about 350000 records a day.

The auto sweep (default sweep interval of 20000) causes this database to slow down to the point of being none responsive around every 4 weeks (unless I manually do a backup/restore).

If I stop the Firebird server while the sweep is running, will that damage the DB?

I plan to make the sweep a manual process ie sweep interval set to 0 and do the backup/restore manually.

Advice please?

Thank you to all.

Theodore