[Info-vax] Databases versus RMS

[JF Mezei]

ChrisQ wrote:

> No expert on db systems, and it may not have all the bells and whistles 
> of some of
> the proprietary offerings, but seems pretty impressive to me. It just 
> works...


This is what scares me. Because it also "just works" for me as well.

But that doesn't give me enough knowledge/experience to plan it properly
to minimize the risk that it all breaks down at a power failure or
system crash.


With RMS, every table is self contained in its own file with all indices
and data.  With MySQL, the stuff is spread in a gazillion files.  You
need to use special tools to manage it.