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federated database

A collection of databases that are treated as one entity and viewed through a single user interface. See EII, virtual database and federated.
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A federated database design can assure transparent access from the central console to the more detailed data stored on the intelligent edge devices, as necessary.
The distributed system option
Ingres r3, released into open source in August 2004, offers high database performance, scalability and manageability, including peer-to-peer replication and federated database support for advanced distributed query processing, claims the company.
CA announces availability of Ingres r3 under open source license
For example, the CMGCC recently launched the Mouse Federated Database, an integrated bioinformatics tool that allows access to the biological data on CMGCC mouse models.
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However, there is a risk that it could soon be eclipsed by the XML-based federated database technology being developed by Oracle, Microsoft and others.
GoldenGate eases data synchronisation
Federated database systems in principle support bi-directionality and also protect existing investment, but generic solutions adaptable for health care--in spite of more than two decades of research--have proved elusive.
THE SI CHALLENGE IN HEALTH CARE

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