Patent ID: 7228297

Claim:
A database system comprising: a database in which data has been stored accessibly; a search device for accessing the database in accordance with an applied search command and searching data that has been stored in said database; a command execution device, to which a command is entered, for applying a search command to said search device in accordance with this entered command; a first interface for separably and directly connecting, without via a network, said search device and said command execution device, wherein said search device is replaceable by an other search device upon separation of said search device from said first interface, and wherein upon replacement of said search device by said other search device, said first interface separably and directly connects, without via a network, said other search device and said command execution device; a storage device for storing data readably; a storage controller for accessing said storage device and reading data that has been stored in said storage device or writing data to said storage device in accordance with an applied read/write command; and a second interface for separably connecting said storage controller and said command execution device; said command execution device applying a read/write command to said storage controller in accordance with the entered command.