[opencms-dev] where to store some data?

[tol]

I read the chapter about Content Definitions, Backoffice Modules and 
Mastermodules! Don't  know if I understand it all, but what I understand 
sounds very very good :-))
But now I feel very confused and thousands of questions appear - a bit 
chaotic at this time ...
ok, some more questions:

Olli Aro wrote:
 > If it seems there is no real value presenting your data as content 
items, then I would just use my
 > own database.
Have you an example for this??  All data I think about (newlettersystem, 
address, article, mediastorage, and so on) are like your shopping 
example. What a kind of data should stored in a separat database? Or is 
the important question, if I have to use the workflow, history and 
publishing for my data?

What about the performance? If I understand it right, than all the 
objects stored in the VFS, are located in the same table. Would it 
better using different table if the amount of  documents/opbjects grows up?

Olli Aro wrote:

>Yes. I think you can use opencms database connection pool to write your own
>queries as long as your table in within the opencms database. However, I
>have not tried it, I normally create my own pool.
>
Why did you create your own pool? What are the reasons for such a decision?

Tol