I'd like to question whether a rdbms or odbms are the best approaches at
all for storage. There's a lot of grey in this area. 
Thanks,
Gary

>Hi Squeakers,
>
>I want to use squeak for a GIS (GeoInformationSystem) and I like to know 
>which DBS (DataBaseSystem) would you prefer for storing large amounts of 
>objects (many GigaByte).
>
>I have several goals:
>- keep the footprint of the image small
>- separate image and (data-)objects
>   -> I even want to put image and DBS on different computers
>- keep the objects, even after a crash
>   -> backups
>- allow access by multiple users over a secure path
>   -> transactions, authentication and authorization, SSL or equal
>- don't pay money for a DBS
>   -> this should be a free project
>
>I have looked at the DBSs at http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/512 and 
>I have the imppression that all the DBSs, that are free, stable and 
>supported, fail in one of the goals above.
>
>The most promising for this task seems to be Magma ... what do you think?
>
>thanks for any hint
>
>all the best
>            Chris Burkert
>-- 
>http://www.chrisburkert.de/
>
>