Choosing a File System on Linux for Firebird
Philippe Makowski wrote a nice article comparing the performance of Firebird database on different linux file systems.
Don’t believe benchmarks made by someone other than yourself !
Read it here.
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Loading...Advanced Data Generator v2.5.1 released
Upscene Productions is proud to release a new version of it’s Advanced Data Generator tool. This new release brings many new features, enhancements and bugfixes.
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading...Firebird Roadmap for 2009 and the reality
At the end of the year 2009 we see what Firebird development plans were and what is the reality. (original article is in Polish)
(3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading...Django meets Firebird
Nice blog post about firebird and django
I found this nice project Django-Firebird that will make Django able to use Firebird as the database backend. The process of switching from MySQL to Firebird is painless, but there are some adjustment needed.
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading...FBNews is back ;-)
Sorry for the few days off-line. The big increase in the website visitors extrapolated (for the first time) our bandwidth limit. Due to Xmas vacation, I was able to check the problem just today. I have doubled the bandwidth limit. Let the people stay coming 😉
(3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading...Firebird 2.5 is now reuploaded to #debian experimental
Firebird 2.5 rc1 package is now uploaded and accepted into debian experimental repository.
and here is howto test it
Update:package is reuploaded , some pdf documentation didn’t had the source in the tar, and for the moment the pdf blobs are removed
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading...Firebird birthday party?
From FB events page:
Coming up in 2010 :: Firebird’s 10th birthday, July 31
Watch this space for details of events as plans evolve.
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading...SqueakDBX now supports Firebird
We are glad to announce that we now support Firebird as backend. The good news for us is that it just took 4 hours to get it working and even with the 100% of the tests in green.
OpenDBX supports Firebird since a lot of time but we didn’t have too much time to try it. I wanted to “give a hand” to Norbert generating all dlls for each new release. I didn’t have ever used Firebird neither Sybase. So, I started with Firebird and now it is working like a charm.
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(5 votes, average: 4.60 out of 5)Loading...Merry Christmas
We wish all of you, users, developers, etc, a very nice Christmas, and an awesome New Year! In 2.010, Firebird will complete 10 years of existance, and we hope it will be a very special year!
(8 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading...Oracle’s MySQL buy shifts open source database market
MySQL is used in most segments of the fragmented open source database market, including the Web app space, (along with SQLite), the desktop space (along with Firebird), and in the embedded market.
Read full article at SearchEnterpriseLinux.com.
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