Title :
The Catalog Archive Server Database Management System
Author :
Thakar, Ani R. ; Szalay, Alex ; Fekete, George ; Gray, Jim
Author_Institution :
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore
Abstract :
The multiterabyte Sloan Digital Sky Survey´s (SDSS´s) catalog data is stored in a commercial relational database management system with SQL query access and a built-in query optimizer. The SDSS catalog archive server adds advanced data mining features to the DBMS to provide fast online access to the data.
Keywords :
astronomy; cataloguing; data mining; query processing; relational databases; SQL query access; Sloan Digital Sky Survey; built-in query optimizer; catalog archive server database management system; commercial relational database management system; data mining; Cameras; Content addressable storage; Data mining; Data models; Database systems; Photometry; Pipelines; Query processing; Relational databases; Web server; SDSS; Sloan Digital Sky Survey Science Archive; astronomy; database management systems; large-scale databases;
Journal_Title :
Computing in Science & Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/MCSE.2008.15
