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Re: IB 6 on Windows 2003 Small Business Server

Re: IB 6 on Windows 2003 Small Business Server
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:11:38 -070
Probably, but Windows 2003 didn't exist when InterBase 6 was released, 
so it is not tested.

Peter Batten wrote:
> I have a client that insists on using redundant software and wants to
> continue to use IB 6.  He now has a new server with OS Windows 2003 Small
> Business Server.  Will IB 6 run on this OS?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Peter
> 
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Re: IB 6 on Windows 2003 Small Business Server
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:26:24 -040
"Peter Batten" <datafast@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message 
news:47fdadef$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
>I have a client that insists on using redundant software and wants to
> continue to use IB 6.  He now has a new server with OS Windows 2003 Small
> Business Server.  Will IB 6 run on this OS?


It will run, but there are issues:

1) If the server is multiprocessor (most likely) then you will need to pin 
IB6 to a single processor every time it starts using a utility IB_Affinity 
(search the web). Otherwise it will thrash beack and forth among the 
processors.

2) You will need to shut off Windows Restore for the drive that contains 
your databases, or else Windows will attempt to back it up everytime it is 
written to.

3) Connection times may be slower and get slower with more connections due 
to TCP/IP issues

IB6 (almost 10 years old now) simply cannot be recommended any longer (and 
for quite some time now), it just cannot cope well with newer processors and 
O/Ses. If you are dealing with any real volume of data and/or concurrent 
users, it is well worth the upgrade to a new version of InterBase.


-- 
Wayne Niddery - TeamB (www.teamb.com)
Winwright, Inc. (www.winwright.ca) 
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IB 6 on Windows 2003 Small Business Server
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:04:09 +100
I have a client that insists on using redundant software and wants to
continue to use IB 6.  He now has a new server with OS Windows 2003 Small
Business Server.  Will IB 6 run on this OS?

TIA

Peter

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