On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 9:41 AM, Martin Schwedhelm [email protected]
[firebird-support] <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> I have multiple (8) databases where no connection is possible and gfix
> prints the above message.
>
> Firebird version: 2.5.2
> Operating system: Windows 2003 - Windows 2008 (VmWare)
> Size: Varying, ~100MB to ~14GB single file
> ODS: 11.1 / 11.2
>
> It looks like the database file is truncated and when resized to the
> previous size
> because all pages starting from a random page till the end of the file are
> filled with zeros.
> In one case only the first 9MB of a 7GB database survived.
>

Are forced writes enabled?

>
> Before the corruption all systems involved were restarted (windows-update,
> etc.).
> Could a unsave shut down of the database server explain the behaviour?
>

Yes, if you're not using forced writes.

Good luck,

Ann

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