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3.2. Key Features

This section introduces key features of FrontBase which make it the ideal database for Internet applications. FrontBase supports most of the important features of "the big boys" and is more standards-compliant than free and open source solutions.

Section/Article	Description
3.2.1. Terabyte Databases, Gigabyte Column Values	FrontBase supports terabyte-sized databases, gigabyte character column values, and gigabyte-sized BLOBs and CLOBs.
3.2.2. FrontBase Security	FrontBase uses passwords, encryption, and client IP address checks for security. This section gives an overview of security features.
3.2.3. Transactions	This article describes FrontBase's transaction support.
3.2.4. Row Level Priveleges	This article gives a brief overview of Row Level Priveleges.
3.2.5. Live Backup	FrontBase's versioning system allows it to perform backups of live databases (i.e. while clients continue to access and modify the database).
3.2.6. Caching	This article describes FrontBase's two caching schemes: the table cache and the raw device driver (global cache).
3.2.7. Multi-server Deployment	This article describes FrontBase's replication and clustering features, which allow multi-server deployment for both redundancy and enhanced performance.

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