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Add blurb for anydbm backend; clarify workding for SQLite backend.
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mysql Fast Many Needs install/admin (MySQLdb_)
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**anydbm**
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This was one of the original database backends. It is a simple
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key/value store and is a prototype implementation for NoSQL
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backends. It also used to be the only backend that was
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guaranteed to be present. These days using SQLite is preferred
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unless you have some reason for preferring a key/value backend
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(e.g. you are interested in adding support for MongoDB or other
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NoSQL persistence layer).
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**sqlite**
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This uses the embedded database engine PySQLite_ to provide a very fast
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This uses the embedded database engine SQLite and the PySQLite_
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driver to provide a very fast
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backend. This is not suitable for trackers which will have many
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simultaneous users, but requires much less installation and maintenance
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effort than more scalable postgresql and mysql backends.

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