The components of a master index connect to the database to provide the following features:
Persistence - The Object Persistence service writes instance data to database tables to ensure that data is able to persist in the system.
Recoverability - The master index database allows you to recover data from the last state of consistency.
Transaction History - The database stores a description of the changes that occur for each transaction. This allows you to view a complete history of changes to each record in the database.