EPIC in-situ data residing on UNIX workstation
disks can be managed with any SQL database system such as
Ingres,
mSQL, postgreSQL, or
MySQL
database. The EPIC metadata, the information about the data, stored
in the databases, can be accessed using a command-line interactive
program,
World Wide Web browsers,
or a
Motif-based X-window application
that allows users to locate data in the underlying databases by
specific selection constraints such as geographic, time, depth
range, etc. These applications communicate with back-end databases,
making it easy and convenient for remote users as well as local
users to access EPIC data.
We have developed EPIC database software version
1.0 which support Ingres, mSQL, and postgreSQL databases. Recently
we have re-designed database system (EPIC database version 2.0)
and chosen
MySQL database as our primary database management
system. Please refer to
EPIC Database Management
Using MySQL presentation for more information about MySQL.