Summary
We started off by discussing the types of databases to give an overview of what is out there. We all know that the Salesforce platform is largely built on relational databases, more specifically, Oracle databases, but not everything in the Salesforce ecosystem is hosted on a relational database.
The discussion around determining whether you are in an LDV scenario will hopefully prompt you next time when you are in a similar situation to thoroughly assess the factors that can contribute to LDV scenarios even if the rough threshold of a million records is not met. In addition to that, the considerations for LDVs are not only important for LDV scenarios, but some of the discussion is relevant to general data migration and integration as well. I know that the Preventing LDV scenarios section has a provocative title, but the thought behind it is that there are ways to prevent an LDV scenario, again acknowledging the fact that it may not be possible when you have 5 million Account...
