--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Ann Harrison <aharrison@...> wrote:

>
> On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 9:10 AM, anchovies <anchovies00@...> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > We have a db about 100GB in size with 5 tables about 50million rows each running FB 2.1.3.
> >
> > While trying to do gbak backup it exits with the error below:
> > gbak: ERROR:connection lost to database
> > gbak: ERROR: gds_$receive failed
> > gbak:Exiting before completion due to errors
> > gbak: ERROR:Error writing data to the connection.
>
> Did you look at the Firebird Server log? There's probably an error
> reported there.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ann
> >
> >
>

Hi guys,
Good news. We upgraded to FB 2.5 using SuperClassic. We were able to backup the database - at the same time sweeping it.

RAM usage during backup looks alot better in SC compared to SS (from 1.5Gb up to 5Gb then back down to 1.5Gb).

Thanks for all the help.

Rgds,
John