> Databases (or cattle, how or what ever they may be) It's a reference to the idea that you should treat your servers as "cattle, not pets". In other words, th

> Databases (or cattle, how or what ever they may be) It's a reference to the idea that you should treat your servers as "cattle, not pets". In other words, they're disposable and you should be fine with destroying one and creating a new one to take its place. The parent is saying that it's fine to treat databases more like pets, where they're pampered and looked after carefully, and fed treats - much like DBAs are, I believe.