Sean, >> To quote Dmitry from a few weeks ago (around mid Jan. 2012), the usage of >> nbackup in 2.1 with Classic under high load can be "problematic". It seems >> that there was quite a re-write in 2.5 though. > > I believe that his comment was related to the use in creating backup, not in > locking the database. > > >> I have no evidence in respect 2.1 though, except I know one site that quit >> using nbackup with 2.1.3 and 2.1.4 Classic with ~300 attachments due to >> stability, corruption problems. Without nbackup, the system is more or less >> working fine now. > > You would have exposure to a wider range of FB installs than me. ;-) > > Related to the above; was that install using nbackup to create a > backup/incremental backup, or to lock the database?
In this particular case, creating backups. Didn't notice in the discussion that we are entirely talking about locking the database. ;-) Regards, Thomas
