In the beginning was the Oracle database, a relational
database, a market leader and popular offering. It
was extremely powerful, could handle an immense amount of data,
resided in customer servers, and was the enterprise's main
workhorse.
To maintain the database, an array of DBA's was required
to install it, clone it, schedule backups, fix glitches, make
necessary upgrades, keep it tuned, keep it protected from attacks,
and add memory when the size would grow.
This was all...