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|  | A File System that Stores Relational Data. A Database that Works Like a File System. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | As an option of the Oracle8i database, iFS leverages many of the features that have made Oracle the number one database software: Reliability Performance Scalability Security Portability Database applications can view iFS as a relational schema, through which they can perform relational inserts, updates, and deletes, as well as define transactions, perform global operations, and use other relational techniques.
|  |  | These features are combined with the best of what a file system offers: Ease of getting data in and out A familiar organizational structure The ability to edit files directly in place, with standard tools |