[plug] setting up Linux server

[John Summerfield]

> 
> 
> 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.

Not entirely flippant. There ARE databases that large, and you'd have to 
agree they're serious.

> 
> 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? ;-)

Bankwest (DB2)
National Australia (DB2)
Lots of Federal Govt departments

Any other large organisation.



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