Re: [Webct-admins] NG and LOB space?

[Cooling, M. <co...@cs...>]

> Can you talk to us a little more about this statement? How do you foresee
> this based on what you've heard?

Actually I can't offer much more. My info comes from discussions between Scott Kodai and myself on multiple occasions. From a design standpoint, having binary files (word docs, pics, powerpoints, etc.) as part of the database is not a great design. Evidently the Blackboard product suite does not store such files in the database, so it is expected NG will be the same. I like that concept since my DB size will be drastically reduced and likely easier to manage.

>From an OS viewpoint I'm not sure how the binary files are managed in a multi-node configuration (ie. where in the cluster are the files kept). Is there some other kind of shared filesystem used?

Inquiring minds want to know :-)

Mike