[opensuse] databases and partitions
On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 3:16 PM, lynn
Hi I'm trying to write some plain English notes but I've come across this.
Our DNS data is replicated between 2 DC's. It is held in a ldb. The samba guys refer to this as the 'DNS partition'. This kills any chance of using just plain English. To me, a partition is /dev/sda. Agreed, our ldb could well be _part_ of say /dev/sda1, but it's still a database. I've had a quick look at the 12.3 release notes but I can't find any reference to calling a database a partition. Nothing seems to have changed. Has it? L x
Partition is a standard term for DBAs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_%28database%29 Not to say it is a common term to non-DBAs. I'm guessing your samba guy thinks of the global DNS system as a database you your local master records as the part of that you maintain and thus your partition of the overall global database. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Mon, 2013-07-01 at 16:25 -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote:
On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 3:16 PM, lynn
wrote: Hi I'm trying to write some plain English notes but I've come across this.
Our DNS data is replicated between 2 DC's. It is held in a ldb. The samba guys refer to this as the 'DNS partition'. This kills any chance of using just plain English. To me, a partition is /dev/sda. Agreed, our ldb could well be _part_ of say /dev/sda1, but it's still a database. I've had a quick look at the 12.3 release notes but I can't find any reference to calling a database a partition. Nothing seems to have changed. Has it? L x
Partition is a standard term for DBAs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_%28database%29
Not to say it is a common term to non-DBAs.
I'm guessing your samba guy thinks of the global DNS system as a database you your local master records as the part of that you maintain and thus your partition of the overall global database.
Greg
Hi Yeah, that's really unfortunate terminology. I'd find it easier to accept if the ldb containing the DNS records were subdivided into smaller ldb's that made up the whole, but in this case it's not. My case is further complicated in that I have to translate from Spanish documents which were badly translated from already out of date English 2 years ago. I cannot assume that our readers will understand partition from context. Sorry guys. This is me feeling sorry for myself. I shouldn't have troubled you. L x -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Greg Freemyer said the following on 07/01/2013 04:25 PM:
I'm guessing your samba guy thinks of the global DNS system as a database you your local master records as the part of that you maintain and thus your partition of the overall global database.
If it quacks like a database and walks like a database and responds to queries like a database ... well it could be my auntie Edith. There are a few competing "conceptual models" as to what software really is ... -- everything is a database ... for various interpretations of 'database' -- everything is a parser/compiler ... for various interpretations of the input stream (recall lex/yacc as the 'swiss army knife') -- everything is a scheduler/dispatcher ... or its variant "an OS" 'cos it does resource management too I'm sure you can fit just about anything in any category you want if you squint and chop off the bits that don't quite fit :-) "If my aunt had ..." ... you fill in the rest. -- How long did the whining go on when KDE2 went on KDE3? The only universal constant is change. If a species can not adapt it goes extinct. That's the law of the universe, adapt or die. -- Billie Walsh, May 18 2013 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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Anton Aylward
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Greg Freemyer
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lynn