Managing Multimedia and Unstructured Data in the Oracle Database
Defining multimedia in the Oracle database
Why store unstructured data in a database?
Why not store the multimedia in the filesystem?
Why use Oracle multimedia and not a blob?
Unstructured data conversion table
Searching the Multimedia Warehouse
Matching existing data to images
Techniques for Creating a Multimedia Database
Basic database configuration concepts
Oracle Securefile architecture
Where does Oracle Multimedia fit in?
Understanding the ORDSYS data types
Configuring the Oracle embedded gateway
External locations and security
Discussing Raid, SSD, SANs, and NAS
Setting up Oracle XE to run Oracle Multimedia
Understanding the Limitations of Oracle Products
Working with the Operating System