Thomas,

> To quote Dmitry from a few weeks ago (around mid Jan. 2012), the usage of
> nbackup in 2.1 with Classic under high load can be "problematic". It seems
> that there was quite a re-write in 2.5 though.

I believe that his comment was related to the use in creating backup, not in locking the database.

> I have no evidence in respect 2.1 though, except I know one site that quit
> using nbackup with 2.1.3 and 2.1.4 Classic with ~300 attachments due to
> stability, corruption problems. Without nbackup, the system is more or less
> working fine now.

You would have exposure to a wider range of FB installs than me. ;-)

Related to the above; was that install using nbackup to create a backup/incremental backup, or to lock the database?


Sean