The recent release of Firebird version 2.1.1 is very welcome.
Here are a few of the fixes I consider important for 2.1 production servers and so recommend the update:
The complete list of bugs fixed and the downloads are at the Firebird SQL website.
Called SuperClassic, it will be the basis for the multi-processor support that we’ll see in Firebird 3.0.
Don’t lose count. Starting from Firebird 2.5 you will be able to choose among SuperServer, ClassicServer and SuperClassic.
Basically SuperClassic is like ClassicServer. Only instead of a process for each attachment it uses a single process with a thread for each attachment. The benefit being that it uses fewer kernel resources and is a bit faster.
Read a deeper comparison between the three architectures.
Hello, Dear Firebird Team Members!
After almost two years in development, four betas and four release
candidates, Red Database 2.1 is finally released.
Information about the release is present here:
http://www.red-soft.biz/en/index.html
Plazma ERP+CRM is user-friendly application for small and middle business and here is the faq
In the last post I commented that I had a test-bed application, based on Apache, PHP and Firebird, and once the problem with the images was solved I could finally start doing the actual performance testing/tuning that I originally wanted to do.
The only major changes from the last post is that I’ve now upgraded the database engine to the “Firebird v2.5 Alpha 1” that supports SMP, and that the application now contains more base data in the tables.
Today, after some days/weeks, I finally created some noticable (= not only internals) progress with Entity Framework provider for Firebird.
Now, the provider is able to use, map, call, … stored procedures (and functions [very experimental]). You can select stored procedures from database, map these to some operations in EF, create “function imports” etc. You can see this working on picture:
The application was a test-bed app that uses the FireBird SQL database to handle sessions and dynamic data, all on the same machine. [Performance Tip :Seems that you need to put KeepAlive Off on apache to server many images and too many clients :If you have more clients than available apache children, KeepAlive settings will hurt overall performance and should be turned off.]
We are very pleased to announce the availability of the phpBB 3.0.2 package. This version has seen numerous stability fixes, performance tweaks and general bugs fixed. Additionally one minor security-related bug was fixed. [ED:it should work without problems with firebird 2.x]
My previous post caused some very interesting discussions on the decisions that I am facing when starting on a new project. The suggestions were as varied as the choices in front of me. It seems that any of the alternatives can do the job, so why don’t I just make a decision and move on? Because its at this crucial point that any choice I make will impact the direction of the application for many years to come.
They use Firebird in their products http://www.orgbusiness.com/
[ED: Alex Stanciu told me they use firebird 2.0.3 in their products]
