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HQbird 2024R2 Update 11

HQbird 2024R2 Update 11 Release focus: Security patches for Firebird 2.5, new encryption plugin capabilities, FBDataGuard improvements, and general stability fixes. SECURITY ALERTS Firebird 2.5 - Critical Vulnerabilities Fixed ACTION REQUIRED for all Firebird 2.5 users. Firebird 2.5 vanilla reached end-of-life in 2019 and no longer receives upstream security updates. This release of HQbird backports fixes for several serious vulnerabilities recently discovered and already patched in Firebird 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0.

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HQbird 2024 R2 Update 10

HQbird 2024 R2 Update 10 introduces the big new feature - Materialized Views, and several important bug fixes and improvements

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IBSurgeon announces release 1.6.2 of streaming technology in HQbird

IBSurgeon announces release 1.6.2 of streaming technology in HQbird A versão em português esta abaixo. Streaming (also known as change data capture) is a way to capture changes in the database without SELECT queries and send data to external destinations. HQbird includes ready-to-use plugins to send changes to Kafka, RabbitMQ, MongoDB, or simple JSON files. The plugin system is extensible - you can develop custom plugins for other targets. How does it work? HQbird Streaming reads the Firebird replication log to capture database changes. The system processes committed transactions and converts each record change into a separate message. After configuring the streaming plugin, it captures:

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Masterclass "Performance with HQbird"

For users who want to minimize risk, we're offering a Masterclass HQbird: personalized guided setup and onboarding for HQbird, plus an extended trial period until February 1, 2026, with 2 options: shared masterclass with max 3 participants for US$99, or individual for US$149.

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HQbird 2024 R2 Update 7 Released

*October 2025* - IBSurgeon announces HQbird 2024 R2 Update 7, delivering significant performance improvements in Firebird 5, simplified cloud deployment, and advanced replication features for enterprise database environments.

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Get usd200 and try HQbird in Digital Ocean

Get usd200 and try HQbird in Digital Ocean Have you considered moving your Firebird-based application to the cloud and testing how Firebird performs in a cloud environment? Explore our ready-to-use images in Digital Ocean. 1. Register in Digital Ocean using this link and receive US$200 credit valid for 2 months. 2. Deploy Firebird using these pre-configured images (available as direct links or in the Digital Marketplace): https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/hqbird-firebird-v5-0 https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/hqbird-firebird-v4.0 https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/hqbird-firebird-v3.0 https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/hqbird-firebird-v2.5 We recommend selecting an 8GB or 16GB …

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Firebird security alert: 0-day vulnerability in old versions

Firebird Project has discovered critical security issues in old versions of all supported releases: if your version is equal or less than specified versions (with build number) 3.0.13.33809, 4.0.6.3203, 5.0.3.1651, you need to upgrade to the latest Firebird releases (3.0.13.33818, 4.0.6.3221, 5.0.3.1683).

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BLOB revolution in new HQbird 2024 R2 Update 2

BLOB revolution in new HQbird 2024 R2 Update 2 HQbird 2024R2u2 Introduces Breakthrough BLOB Network Performance In the latest HQbird release (2024R2u2, version 5.0.3), significant improvements have been made to BLOB data transfer across high-latency networks like the Internet. This optimization dramatically improves BLOB transfer speeds, bringing them on par with VARCHAR data. However, to leverage this enhancement, both server and client components must be updated to the newest version.

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HQbird 2024 is released

HQbird is advanced distribution of Firebird, with many improvements in the areas of performance, high availability, development, and more.

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Standalone Monitoring for Firebird

Standalone Monitoring for Firebird How to install and configure Firebird Advanced Monitoring standalone 1. Installation 1.1. Register on “Online Tools For Firebird” to get file keyanswers.txt In order to use the advanced monitoring, you need to create free account on the portal “Online Tools For Firebird”: https://cc.ib-aid.com/, and then download file keyanswers.txt to link your account and servers. For users who use private Control Center, the appropriate account must be created by the administrator.

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New article: How Firebird Database Encryption Works

The new article "How Firebird Database Encryption Works" is based on the materials of the workshop "Database Encryption" at Firebird Conference 2019 in Berlin, Germany, presented by Alex Peshkoff, Firebird Project, and Alexey Kovyazin, IBSurgeon.

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IBSurgeon Library is released in the new format

IBSurgeon Library is released in the new format Performance Transactions Performance tests Firebird database performance optimization service Recovery Encryption of Firebird databases Hardware Installation and Configuration Migration Basics (data types, tables, generators, indices, views) Useful pieces around Firebird: tips, tricks, jokes, and how-to IBSurgeon Tools Guides

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FirstAID 6.0.7 Minor Update

FirstAID 6.0.7 Minor Update IBSurgeon releases version 6.0.7 of FirstAID, recovery tool for Firebird and InterBase databases. FirstAID 6.0.7 contains several fixes in recovery algorithms that improve the overall recovery rate. FirstAID 6.0.7 is available in Deploy Center or for the direct download: /en/ibsurgeon-firstaid/

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HQbird 2020 Update 2

HQbird 2020 Update 2 HQbird 2020 has its 2nd update, with the following changes: New feature “Run Now” to start a scheduled task immediately. For example, you can start the backup operation or Cloud Backup. Please note: the job must be enabled, in order to use “Run Now” feature. Fixes in the email sending system. We need to do some changes to follow the requirements of popular email providers (Gmail, Office 365, yahoo, etc). Improvements in multi-thread backup feature to speed up huge backups: for example, now we can do the backup of the 721Gb Firebird database in less than 2 hours. The size of HQbird installers for Linux has grown because we decided to include .debug files into the …

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Firebird performance checklist

The new article is published: Short IBSurgeon's checklist for Firebird database performance. Please check these basic settings and parameters to ensure that Firebird is configured without obvious mistakes.

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Transactions in Firebird

The article "Transactions in Firebird" is the introduction to the basics of Firebird transactions: ACID, isolation levels, updates conflicts and "true deadlock".

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HQbird 2018R4 is released

HQbird 2018R4 is released The minor release of HQbird, the advanced distribution of Firebird for enterprises, is available: 2018R4. The new version contains the following fixes: Improved replica initialization sequence under high load. Latest patches from Firebird sources, including the patch for tmpwatch problem for 3.0 at CentOS Simplifications of the interface for the database replication setup Significant changes in Performance Monitoring: now HQbird generates 3 reports (Duration, Frequency, and Summary), and also XLS report with top-consuming applications and statements, with all performance details (fetches, reads, writes, etc). FBPerfMon tool is excluded from HQbird ServerSide, since their functions are …

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HQbird 2018 R3 is released

IBSurgeon is happy to announce the new release of HQbird - advanced Firebird distribution for enterprises, featuring native (high-performance and transactions friendly) master-slave replication, advanced performance monitoring, automated backups, and maintenance.

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Firebird Tour 2017: Optimization seminars

Firebird Project, IBSurgeon and IBPhoenix are happy to announce Firebird Tour 2017: a series of seminars around the globe, devoted to the performance optimization of Firebird databases. The speakers will be Vlad Khorsun and Dmitry Yemanov (Firebird Project), Dmitry Kuzmenko (IBSurgeon), Alexey Kovyazin (IBSurgeon) and Pavel Cizar (IBPhoenix).

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HQbird 2017 R2 is released

HQbird 2017R2 is a major upgrade of advanced Firebird distributive (versions 2.5 and 3.0) with high-availability, replication, optimization, monitoring and recovery tools.

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HQbird 2017 is released!

We are glad to announce IBSurgeon HQbird 2017: new version of an advanced distribution of FirebirdSQL with native replication, optimization tools, automatic backups, and monitoring.

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New version of HQbird User Guide

HQbird User Guide was just updated, not it contains detailed instructions how to setup asynchronous or synchronous replication on Firebird with HQbird Enterprise.

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Firebird 3.0.1 is available

The first minor release of Firebird 3.0 is available: many bug fixes and several improvements. We recommend updating to Firebird 3.0.1 as soon as possible.

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IBSurgeon invites to Firebird Conference 2016

Firebird Conference 2016 will take place on October 7-8, in Prague, Czech Republic. IBSurgeon is the traditional sponsor and one of the hosts of Firebird Conference 2016: we invite you to meet with us at the major Firebird event of the year, where Firebird professionals from all parts of the world meet, learn and discuss the newest technologies in Firebird SQL area.

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How to migrate to Firebird 3 in the fast and safe way?

As far as you know, recently released Firebird 3.0 has a lot of nice features, and the most important of them are the increased performance and the high compatibility with the previous version, so migration is the very attractive idea.

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HQbird: advanced Firebird SQL for Enterprises

IBSurgeon is proud to present HQbird: advanced distribution of Firebird for enterprises. It is an enhanced, fully compatible with Firebird, feature-rich distribution of FirebirdSQL that provides superior performance, reliability, and instrumentation.

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Firebird Hardware Guide

You can often see the following question in Firebird technical support groups: "What is the hardware of choice for the Firebird DBMS?". This topic remains permanently popular because hardware requirements differ by tasks and hardware itself changes with time.

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Firebird 2.5.5 is released

Firebird 2.5.5 was just released. This minor release contains many important bug fixes, so it is highly recommended to upgrade previous 2.5.x to 2.5.5.

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Firebird 2.5.5 Release is tagged

Despite the fact that Firebird 3 has the release candidate now, the majority of Firebird users are still running 2.5 release. Dmitry Yemanov, head of Firebird development, has announced that new minor release of 2.5 was tagged in source code repository

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Unofficial installer of Firebird 3.0 RC1 is available

As you know, Firebird 3.0 RC1 source code was already tagged in Firebird Project repository, but its official installer will be released a bit later. For those who don't want to wait, we have created the unofficial installer of Firebird 3 RC1 - it contains 100% source code of 3.0 Release Candidate 1, just available earlier than the official installer.

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IBSurgeon is a sponsor of Firebird Developers Day in Brazil, 2015

This year IBSurgeon will be a traditional sponsor of Firebird Developers Day in Brazil, 2015: http://www.firebirddevelopersday.com.br/fdd/2015/index.html, it will take place August 8, 2015, in Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Alexey Kovyazin will speak about HQbird - new Firebird distrubution for enterprises (IBSurgeon), and how to achieve the best inesrt performance in Firebird. Together with Dmitry Yemanov, core developer of Firebird SQL, Alexey will also speak at Firebird Performance master-class (August 7).

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FBDataGuard 3.3

New version of Firebird monitoring, backups and anticorruption tool - FBDataGuard 3.3

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FBMonLogger 1.5 is released

FBMonLogger, a tool to analyse Firebird monitoring tables and find slow queries, long running transactions and other performance problems, is released.

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Firebird 2.5 Language Reference in Russian is released

Firebird 2.5 Language Reference in Russian is released IBSurgeon, in collaboration with Moscow Exchange, became a sponsor of Firebird documentation development in Russian, and our staff has actively participated in writing and editing process. As a result, “Firebird 2.5 Language Reference” in Russian was released (it is available on Firebird Documentation page). We plan to support creation of further documentation volumes and its translation to English (it is already available here).

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FBDataGuard 3.0 is released

FBDataGuard 3.0 is released. New features include enhanced web-console, support for compressed backups up to 12Gb. improved configuration and several bug fixes.

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IBSurgeon is a sponsor of Firebird Conference 2014

Firebird Project is glad to announce Firebird Conference 2014: the most important international event devoted to FirebirdSQL. Firebird Conference 2014 will be a meeting point for all Firebird users and core developers of Firebird. It's the best place to share and receive FirebirdSQL knowledge! IBSurgeon, as a sponsor of Firebird Conference 2014, will present talks about performance optimization and database recovery in Firebird.

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IBSurgeon FirstAID 3.7

IBSurgeon is glad to announce the new version of Firebird and InterBase database recovery tool: FirstAID 3.7.

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New version of FBScanner (3.6.1) is released

New version of FBScanner (3.6.1) is released. FBScanner is an unique tool to trace and audit Firebird (1.0 - 2.5) and InterBase (4.0 - XE3) SQL traffic (connections, transactions, queries), it's very useful for performance optimization and SQLs bug fixing.

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FBDataGuard 2.8 Update

FBDataGuard was just updated to the version 2.8. This version contains stability improvements and minor bug fixes, improved support of SSL and support of SMTP-servers.

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Firebird Developers Day 2013 in Brazil

July 20, 2013. Firebird Developers Day 2013 took place in Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil. It's a major Firebird conference and meeting point for Brazil Firebird users. IBSurgeon is a traditional sponsor of FDD.

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DBInfo: new free tool

IBSurgeon DBInfo is designed to visualize internal structure's statistics, so administrators or developers can view how much data, index, blob or other kind of information your Firebird or InterBase database stores.

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New free product: IBSurgeon Log Viewer

New free product: IBSurgeon Log Viewer IBSurgeon Log Viewer is designed to facilitate viewing and analyzing long Firebird and InterBase logs. Many Firebird and InterBase developers and administrators do not pay enough attention to the contents of firebird.log (interbase.log), though there is a lot of useful information, which can help to find and resolve various issues with Firebird/InterBase databases. IBSurgeon Log Viewer is a free tool. Originally Log Viewer was IBSurgeon’s internal application, which helped to quickly navigate through very long Firebird and InterBase logs, and in version 2.0 it became mature enough to be released for the community.

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Journée Firebird SQL en France!

Journée Firebird SQL en France! IBSurgeon vous invite à venir à la journée Firebird en France, le 1er Octobre 2010, à La Cinémathèque Française (Paris).

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