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> > > > Firebird 1.03 has the same problem with Server 2003 as Interbase 6. The
> > > > problem being that it is very sloooooow. It does however function.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Out of interest - why is it slow?
> >
> > Mainly connect/disconnect is extremly slow. The following is a result
> > of an ongoing discussion in a German newsgroup.
> >
> > InterBase 6 and Firebird seem to work well on Windows 2003 when you
> > optimize the processor and memory to *Programs* and when you disable
> > the new "Shadow Copy Volumes" (it's a new feature in Windows 2003)
> > feature for the partitions, where the database files are stored.
> > http://www.techexams.net/technotes/70292/shadowcopies.shtml
> >
> > Again, Firebird 1.5 works well under Windows 2003 without these
> > tweaks.