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Administer data stores
A data store is a type of message store that uses a relational database. A data store consists of a set of tables that are in the same database schema. It is used by a messaging engine to store operating information in the database, as well as to preserve essential objects that the messaging engine needs for recovery in the event of a failure.
A data store consists of the set of tables that a messaging engine uses to store persistent data in a database. See Data store tables for a list of the tables that comprise a data store. All the tables in a data store are held in the same database schema. We can create multiple data stores in the same database, provided that you use a different schema name for each data store.