An alternative on NT could certainly be reached in short time. The FD is created with a configured page size of 4096 Bytes. When a new run is opened the DB assigns a new, unique, run number and creates a run record. This run record is then filled and modified by the RunServer and can be retrieved for later referral. It is intended that this DB serves as the only source of generic run info and is used by browsing GUIs and offline analysis.
Implementation limits All objects are stored in a single container.
The DB performance is not expected to be of any importance, since new objects are only created once per run and existing objects are accessed at a moderate rate. For current information contact Hubert Schwarthoff .