RE: Flat File vs. Database

Yes, Oracle can handle that perfectly fine.

But there is no question file system has higher throughput due to the many things Oracle has to do to enforce Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability.

"Do not criticize someone until you walked a mile in their shoes, that way when you criticize them, you are a mile a way and have their shoes."

Christopher R. Spence
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flat files data bases are mostly used for molecular biology data storage, I do not know of any molecular biology data bank that runs undeer a real data engine, but it has many reasons why, and of course u can import these flat files and get them in to a real database engine, and OFCOURSE it would be MUCH by far more easy to administrate and develop but there is one point... there are more than I would say 50 different molecular biology databases and justone of them may be ofer 75 gigas.... I do not knwo (and please read DO NOT KNOW) much more in deep about data engines but can a data engine like oracle handle 50 different databases that together may be about... many many gigas.. more than 600 gigs and that grow very fast.... every day? I ask because I do not know. cheers

On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Christopher Spence wrote:

> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 05:55:29 -0800
> From: Christopher Spence <cspence_at_FuelSpot.com>
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> Subject: RE: Flat File vs. Database
>
> ACID
>
> "Do not criticize someone until you walked a mile in their shoes, that
> way when you criticize them, you are a mile a way and have their
> shoes."
>
> Christopher R. Spence
> Oracle DBA
> Phone: (978) 322-5744
> Fax: (707) 885-2275
>
> Fuelspot
> 73 Princeton Street
> North, Chelmsford 01863
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 5:46 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> Hi all,
> We are proposing a project to convert applications that use flat files
> to Oracle databases. An essential piece of this proposal is to present
> to the management the advantages of databases over flat files. Are
> there any websites, whitepapers that talk about this? I know this
> probably is a no-brainer for most of you but we just want to have all
> of our ducks in a row so that we can make a strong case. TIA
>
> Dennis Meng
> Database Administrator
> Focal Communications
> 847-954-8328
>
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