> And what page size is recommended?

There is no single recommendation. I suspect that either 4096 or 8192
are probably the most generically useful but much depends on what you
are storing, how you are using the data and probably the operating
system running the server. I've attached some links below containing
useful documentation that you may find useful.

Interbase/Firebird Related:

- The firebird website: http://firebird.sourceforge.net/
(see links to "Documentation" and "Novice's Guide").

In particular most people should download and have as reference
the IB6Beta documentation available from:
http://firebird.sourceforge.net/index.php?op=doc&id=userdoc


Other Useful Sites:

- IBPhoenix: http://www.ibphoenix.com/

- Claudio Valderrama's resource site: http://www.cvalde.com/

- Ivan Prenosil's site: http://www.volny.cz/iprenosil/interbase/


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Geoff Worboys - TeamIBO
Telesis Computing