> There are lots and lots of systems out there that rely on data that is not stored in a database. The data is the same kinds of things you would store in a dat

> There are lots and lots of systems out there that rely on data that is not stored in a database. The data is the same kinds of things you would store in a databases but they exist as files on a filesystem instead (or in another data storage devices that is usually not referred to as a database). If you can't afford to lose it, then it needs to be appropriately managed so it can be recreated in the case that it's lost. If you can afford to lose it, then it's not really state and you can forget about it.