HTTP Used for Web browsers

FTP Access to IFS is by FTP. The contents of IFS are viewed as FTP directories from which such as Eudora and Microsoft Outlook.
SMTP, IMAP4, POP3 Access to IFS is by email clients like as Microsoft Outlook and Eudora.

•    Application developers can use a general API for programming against the database.

•    Advanced search capabilities can be used to find the contents of the DBFS using SQL and gives much better search performance compared to file systems.

•    To simplify administration Database-level security is provided.

•    Check in and check out facilities simplifies the management of information and raise productivity.

•    Enhanced scalability could ease data administration

•    Rendering  and Document  parsing make  it  possible  to  view  the  similar  document  in variant formats.

•    Data  inside  the  database  is  tightly  integrated  with  the  Oracle  Enterprise  Manager, ConText data cartridge and Oracle8I characteristics such as objects.

•    IFS messaging could be used to simplify administration through sending email to   the system administration when important events occur.

•    You will write and use Java stored procedures and EJBs

•    Version control is provided so in which a new version of a file can be created when you copy or edit a file. One version can be identified as "official" and will be used through all users.

•    An automatic   purging   of   files   after   a   specified   "expiration"   period   simplifies   data management.

Oracle IFS runs as a Java application which runs inside a Java machine in Oracle8I, providing a flexible and easy-to-use mechanism for manipulating and storing the data. Multiple protocols can be used to access the data. An Application development is achieved through using the programming APIs provided via CORBA, Java, and PL/SQL.

IFS use a "folder" strategy to make it appear as a mounted network drive. The contents of IFS appear in subfolders and folders that can be simply manipulated just like a file system. Additionally to the manipulation of folders provided through IFS, you can store relational and non- relational data in the similar folder.

Relational data also appears as files and you can construct a document through merging relational and non-relational data. The documents could additional appear as files.

Another  important  feature  of  an  IFS  "file"  is  in which  it  can  have  multiple  parent directories. For instance, an email document (that appears as an IFS file) can be part of two separate folders.

Various additional features are planned for the future release of IFS.

•    Support for NFS
•    Application development tools for IFS
•    Portable IFS
•    "File system" tablespaces
•    Integration with SQL