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