On 24 Feb 2016 06:29:20 -0800, "heineferreira@...
[firebird-support]"
<firebird-support@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is there any difference between the database format of a 32bit Firebird
> database vs a 64bit Firebird database?

Depends on the Firebird version. I believe in 2.0 or earlier there was a
difference, but that is no longer the case

> Is there any difference between a database format running on a windows
> server vs one on a linux or mac server?

Might depend on the endianness of the platform.

> In other words:
> Can you backup and restore between different 32/64 bit servers?
> Can you backup and restore between windows/linux/mac?

Yes you can. If you want to be really sure you should use the
transportable backup format (which is the default, but it always helps to
double check this, because I have seen some examples that set
non-transportable (-NT) in the gbak commandline options).

Mark