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2018-07-14 18:23 GMT+02:00 Matthias Hanft [email protected] [firebird-support] < [email protected]>: > > > Issam Boughanmi [email protected] [firebird-support] wrote: > > > > 1- after some search , it seems that the recommended linux distribution > for a web server is centos 7, then ubuntu . > > any feedbacks , recommendations, ideas on this please , and how it > behave with firebird ? > > I'm using Gentoo Linux and installed FB 3.0.2 from the usual > package manager. Besides some confusion where "firebird.msg" > should reside (the fbsql client seeks at /usr/lib/firebird, > but it was installed at /usr/share/firebird/msg), everything > was smooth. > > > 2 - i am not really a linux user , what is the best place/directory to > put the fdb databases ? > > Looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard# > Directory_structure > I decided that something under /var should be appropriate. > On my former system, I just created /var/fbdata, but on > my current system, because /var/db already existed, I put > a folder /var/db/firebird there. > > /srv, as Lester Caine already stated, seems to be a good > idea either, according to Wikipedia. (It's just that Gentoo > doesn't have /srv at all; web servers are at /var/www.) > > > 3 - i have several databases for differents custumers (20 / 30 or more), > can a single firebird server handle many databases correctly ? > > I guess 200-300 databases aren't any problem either :-) > > -Matt > >
