[plug] setting up Linux server

Paul Wilson hooker at opera.iinet.net.au
Thu Jul 1 13:24:52 WST 1999


> Paul Wilson wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > > OK Christian, I'll bite ......  what's a serious database?
> > >
> > > 1 Tb and up.
> >
> > Hmmm.  Then a number of Bank databases that't I've worked alongside
aren't
> > serious :-)
>
> For the record, I didn't make the (obviously flippant) "1 Tb and up"
> comment - I think it was John.
>
> I guess what I meant by a "serious database" is something where the
> developer is taking advantage of the relational qualities of the DBMS
> (amongst other features) to provide a comprehensive and robust system
> which represents a complete solution to a large subsection of their
> business requirements (as opposed to something that could be done in a
> flat text file or single indexed file.)  Have I been sufficiently vague
> there, do you think? ;-)

Perfectly, thank you !   :-)

Paul



More information about the plug mailing list