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Scenarios for Isolated Storage

Isolated storage is useful in many situations. Three of the most readily identifiable scenarios are described as follows:

Although isolated storage is well suited to the scenarios described previously, there are a few cases in which you should not use isolated storage:

Many of today's applications use a database to store and isolate data, in which case one or more rows in a database might represent storage for a specific user. You might choose to use isolated storage instead of a database when the number of users is small, when the overhead of using a database is significant, or when no database facility exists. Also, when the application requires storage that is more flexible and complex than what a row in a database provides, isolated storage can provide a viable alternative.