Need help on RDB terms

["Susan W. Gallagher" <SGallagher -at- akonix -dot- com>]

Colleagues,

I'm working with a developer who's using some database terms I'm
not familiar with. Granted, it's been some time since I've been
intimate with databases, but...

He's talking about "consistent" data storage and database "portioning",
like this:

   "The only non-scalable part of a data-centric enterprise is the 
   database and consistent data storage. The <product> is designed 
   to allow massive portioning of responsibility as well as data 
   distribution."

Is anyone familiar with these terms? I've heard of database partitioning,
but _portioning_??? Please advise!
-Sue Gallagher
sgallagher -at- akonix -dot- com

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