The Physical Design A physical design is a specification for database implementation. At this phase of development, you must know the database platform you're going to use--perhaps SQL Server 7.0 on Windows NT Server 4.0, Microsoft Access on the desktop, Oracle on the mainframe, or some other platform. To create a physical design, you pull together all the specifications and models you've created so far, then modify and optimize them for your target platform. For example, you …showed first 75 words of 1716 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1716 total…to implement your design. Last, you need to incorporate any database replication or distribution processes into your plan so that you're prepared to implement replication or a distributed database solution. The physical design is your last chance to check your database model against the business requirements before you push to a live database. Take the time to make sure you've addressed all your database's physical implementation needs and requirements before you start implementing the design.