TEC 5323 Advanced Database Technology

Discussion of Week 4

 

This is the fourth discussion of the semester. Please use the discussion guidelines in Course Policy to formulate your response! The grading scale in the policy will be used for the discussions starting this week.

 

Discussion Topic:

In your discussion last week, you understood what a database server is and its functions. In Oracle, there are two basic server type setting in Oracle processing architecture, as discussed in your textbook.

If you are setting up a database for Amazon.com which has products information to be accessed by thousands of users, what server type would you use?

If you have only 10 users using your database to process departmental information, what server type would you use?

Please explain why for your answer, respectively. (List at least one advantage and one disadvantage for your choice.)

 

Discussion Board (WebCT) Procedure:

  1. Login WebCT.
  2. You will log on to your WebCT desktop with your login username and password.
  3. Click on TEC5323 Advanced Database Technology. 
  4. Click on the "Class Discussion" icon from the TEC5323 web site.
  5. Under Subject, click "Week 4: Discussion." Please do not click Compose Discussion Message!!!
  6. Click "Reply" button.
  7. Compose your message. Press "Preview" to check for errors.
  8. After your check your reply, click "Post" button.

When you are ready, please click Discussion Board to login.

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