Database advice needed

Since I have no knowledge of databases, I'm turning to my fellow Arch users for advice. I would like to have a collection of quotes. I don't believe something as simple as fortune text files would be sufficient, because I would like to have the ability to add meta information which classifies the subject or nature of a quote: tagging the moral of one of Aesop's fables as 'moral' or tagging a quote from Jefferson as 'personal liberty' to signify the subject of the quote. A database, as far as I know, will help simplify the maintenance and access to this collection. As for future plans, I may use this database to put a quote on my website. So my problem is that I don't know where to go from here. A simple interface is preferred but not necessary. As for integrating the database with my website, my hosting environment is the math department at Kansas State University. Thus my host will change when I change schools. Any suggestions or criticisms of my plans are welcome.

ok poet... here's a quick breakdown:
sqlite (mentioned twice) is rather interesting. It's self contained, meaning you don't need a seperate daemon running to retrieve the data (check out trac, it uses sqlite exclusively for all it's wiki data). There are also numerous sqlite language extensions (pysqlite is in my repo + AUR)
mysql most likely outperforms sqlite, however it requires a decent chunk of db knowledge, and runs a seperate daemon...
alot of people love mysql, but me, not being a web developer, would spring for sqlite instead.

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What kind of disk do you have, is it stripped, etc ...?
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My company has recently purchased an Oracle Database. Are there any advantages in creating the front end in Oracle as opposed to writing the front end in Java.
I am interested to know if one method is preferred over the other. I was planning on writing it entirely in Java.
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Source: Microsoft-SharePoint Products-Project Server
Date: 4/2/2014 2:09:08 PM
Event ID: 6980
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Level: Error
Keywords:
User: DOMAIN\DB_Access
Computer: server
Description:
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Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-SharePoint Products-Project Server" Guid="{b2178104-1b5b-4c20-8c8f-960678ced9e5}" />
<EventID>6980</EventID>
<Version>14</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>20</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x4000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-04-02T19:09:08.225Z" />
<EventRecordID>1676727</EventRecordID>
<Correlation ActivityID="{90131653-B0A4-4FAF-A43C-7DF07CBC3332}" />
<Execution ProcessID="11040" ThreadID="12384" />
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>sharepoint</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-21-2280669542-4145173436-3058324265-4222" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="string0">PWA/SDN</Data>
<Data Name="string1">DB1</Data>
<Data Name="string2">DB1</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
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Source: Microsoft-SharePoint Products-Project Server
Date: 4/2/2014 2:09:08 PM
Event ID: 6993
Task Category: Provisioning
Level: Error
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User: DOMAIN\DB_Access
Computer: sharepoint
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Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-SharePoint Products-Project Server" Guid="{b2178104-1b5b-4c20-8c8f-960678ced9e5}" />
<EventID>6993</EventID>
<Version>14</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>20</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x4000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-04-02T19:09:08.225Z" />
<EventRecordID>1676728</EventRecordID>
<Correlation ActivityID="{90131653-B0A4-4FAF-A43C-7DF07CBC3332}" />
<Execution ProcessID="11040" ThreadID="12384" />
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>sharepoint</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-21-2280669542-4145173436-3058324265-4222" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="string0">PWA/SDN</Data>
<Data Name="string1">To create databases we need dbcreator and securityadmin server roles on servers.</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
Log Name: Application
Source: Microsoft-SharePoint Products-Project Server
Date: 4/2/2014 2:09:08 PM
Event ID: 6958
Task Category: Provisioning
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: DOMAIN\DB_Access
Computer: sharepoint
Description:
Provisioning 'PWA/SDN': Database provisioning failed.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-SharePoint Products-Project Server" Guid="{b2178104-1b5b-4c20-8c8f-960678ced9e5}" />
<EventID>6958</EventID>
<Version>14</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>20</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x4000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-04-02T19:09:08.225Z" />
<EventRecordID>1676729</EventRecordID>
<Correlation ActivityID="{90131653-B0A4-4FAF-A43C-7DF07CBC3332}" />
<Execution ProcessID="11040" ThreadID="12384" />
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>sharepoint</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-21-2280669542-4145173436-3058324265-4222" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="string0">PWA/SDN</Data>
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</Event>
Log Name: Application
Source: Microsoft-SharePoint Products-Project Server
Date: 4/2/2014 2:09:08 PM
Event ID: 6971
Task Category: Provisioning
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: DOMAIN\DB_Access
Computer: sharepoint
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securityadmin server roles on servers.
at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Administration.PsiServiceApplication.EnsureDatabases(ProjectProvisionSettings provset, SPSite pwaSite, String adminName, String adminEmail, ProjectDatabaseStateType& originalDatabaseState, Guid& adminGuid)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Administration.PsiServiceApplication.EnsureDatabases(ProjectProvisionSettings provset, SPSite pwaSite, String adminName, String adminEmail, ProjectDatabaseStateType& originalDatabaseState, Guid& adminGuid)
at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Administration.PsiServiceApplication.CreateSite(ProjectProvisionSettings provset)
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-SharePoint Products-Project Server" Guid="{b2178104-1b5b-4c20-8c8f-960678ced9e5}" />
<EventID>6971</EventID>
<Version>14</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>20</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x4000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-04-02T19:09:08.226Z" />
<EventRecordID>1676730</EventRecordID>
<Correlation ActivityID="{90131653-B0A4-4FAF-A43C-7DF07CBC3332}" />
<Execution ProcessID="11040" ThreadID="12384" />
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>sharepoint</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-21-2280669542-4145173436-3058324265-4222" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="string0">PWA/SDN</Data>
<Data Name="string1">Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Administration.ProvisionException: Failed to provision databases. ---> Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Administration.ProvisionException: To create databases we need dbcreator and securityadmin
server roles on servers.
at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Administration.PsiServiceApplication.EnsureDatabases(ProjectProvisionSettings provset, SPSite pwaSite, String adminName, String adminEmail, ProjectDatabaseStateType& originalDatabaseState, Guid& adminGuid)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Administration.PsiServiceApplication.EnsureDatabases(ProjectProvisionSettings provset, SPSite pwaSite, String adminName, String adminEmail, ProjectDatabaseStateType& originalDatabaseState, Guid& adminGuid)
at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Administration.PsiServiceApplication.CreateSite(ProjectProvisionSettings provset)</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
Anybody ever get any events like this before? I'm not finding much or nothing on Google or on other forums, so I thought I would run it past and see if anyone has experienced anything of a similar
nature. And yes, the farm account obviously has creator/secadmin permissions, at this point of our deployment....
I look forward to any and all feedback. Thanks and good afternoon!

I figured out the answer to this myself. For those few who might run into something akin to my error...
During the off-hours of where I work, I re-applied the farm account credentials to all dB server VM SQL services that had the account for a log-on (i.e., MSSQLSERVER, SQLSERVERAGENT, etc.) as well as all SharePoint services on our WFE/App Server VM (a two
server farm is what we host), in that order. Then I rebooted the dB server first, followed by the SharePoint server. Upon coming back, everything was working fine again. I was able to provision a site, no probelm, and it seemed to even be a little snappier
when doing so.
One note: doing this procedure gave me a "One or more services have started or stopped unexpectedly" error in the Health Analyzer, for the SPTimerV4 service. When you get this, simply enter into the item and click on "Reanalyze Now;" this will quickly clear
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Craig7535:
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