Hello, Nick!

Friday, April 12, 2013, 5:36:19 PM, you wrote:

NU> I've run some tests, using firebird 2.1.5 on centos 5.9, a database of 36Gb:
NU> 22 mins $ gbak -user sysdba -pass xxx -backup localhost:/opt/db/mydb.fdb
NU> /opt/archive/db/nu3.fbk
NU> 28 mins $ gbak -user sysdba -pass xxx -backup -se localhost:service_mgr
NU> /opt/db/mydb.fdb /opt/archive/db/nu2.fbk

strange.

NU> 29 mins $ gbak -user sysdba -pass xxx -backup /opt/db/mydb.fdb
NU> /opt/archive/db/nu1.fbk

as I said, -se and local protocol on Linux nearly the same.

NU> 22 mins $ gbak -user sysdba -pass xxx -backup localhost:/opt/db/mydb.fdb
stdout >> /opt/archive/db/nu0.fbk

well, what I can say - seems that different systems and environment
produces different results. And, such tests must be made for every
production, to be sure that fastest method is used.

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