Migrating a multiterabyte archive from object to relational databases

A commercial, object-oriented database engine with custom tools for data-mining the multiterabyte Sloan Digital Sky Survey archive did not meet its performance objectives. We describe the problems, technical issues, and process of migrating this large data set project, to relational database technol...

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Published in:Computing in science & engineering 2003-09, Vol.5 (5), p.16-29
Main Authors: Thakar, A., Szalay, A., Kunszt, P., Gray, J.
Format: Article
Language:eng
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Sky
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Summary:A commercial, object-oriented database engine with custom tools for data-mining the multiterabyte Sloan Digital Sky Survey archive did not meet its performance objectives. We describe the problems, technical issues, and process of migrating this large data set project, to relational database technology.
ISSN:1521-9615
1558-366X