ORACLE INTERNET FILE SYSTEM
INTRODUCING THE ORACLE INTERNET FILE SYSTEM INTRODUCING THE ORACLE INTERNET FILE SYSTEM THE ORACLE INTERNET FILE SYSTEM (ORACLE IFS) IS A FILE SYSTEM IN A DATABASE FROM THE USER PERSPECTIVE, ORACLE IFS LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE ANY OTHER NETWORKED DRIVE ON YOUR FILE SYSTEM HOWEVER, BECAUSE ORACLE IFS ACTUALLY STORES DOCUMENTS IN A RELATIONAL DATABASE, RATHER THAN ON A LOCAL HARD DRIVE, USERS CAN PERFORM MANY TASKS USING ORACLE IFS THAT ARE NOT POSSIBLE USING STANDARD FILE SYSTEMS FOR EXAMPLE: I FILES PLACED INTO ORACLE IFS CAN BE AUTOMATICALLY INDEXED, CONTENTS AND ALL, FOR COMPLEX SEARCHING I COMPLEX SECURITY MODELS CAN BE IMPLEMENTED WITH EASE: INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP ACCESS CAN BE GRANTED TO FILES OR DIRECTORIES USING SIMPLE COMMANDS I THE FULL FUNCTIONALITY OF ORACLE IFS IS AVAILABLE THROUGH AN ARRAY OF INTERFACES ALREADY FAMILIAR TO MOST USERS I ORACLE IFS SUPPORTS AN EXTENDIBLE LIST OF 150 DIFFERENT FILE TYPES, AND INCLUDES ROBUST SUPPORT FOR SOPHISTICATE CONTENT MANAGEMENT, WITH OR WITHOUT USER CUSTOMIZATION ORACLE IFS ADVANTAGES FOR DEVELOPERS FOR DEVELOPERS, USING ORACLE IFS OFFERS SEVERAL SPECIFIC ADVANTAGES: I STORING ALL DATA, INCLUDING BOTH FILES AND RELATIONAL DATA, IN A SINGLE SYSTEM SIMPLIFIES APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT RATHER THAN HAVING TO COORDINATE TWO SEPARATE DATA STORES, YOU NOW ONLY NEED TO KEEP TRACK OF A SINGLE REPOSITORY I YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE THE BEHAVIOR AND APPEARANCE OF ORACLE IFS USING STANDARD CODING TOOLS: XML, HTML, AND JAVA I THE ORACLE IFS SYSTEM PROVIDES FACILITIES TO SPEED DEVELOPMENT OF CUSTOM FILE SYSTEMS, WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS AND CONTENT MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS