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- From: ak45ldp@Texaco.com (Larry D. Pyeatt)
- Subject: Need some advice
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- Organization: Texaco
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 14:49:11 GMT
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- Hello, I need some advice on how to set up a data server. My
- area is Neural Networks and I really don't know what is
- available in the way of databases. So here is a description
- of the problem.
-
- We have a flat data file consisting of at least 2000 binary
- images. Several other files are used to group the images
- into overlapping sets of "related" images. What we would
- like to do is set this up on a Unix system so that several
- people can have simultaneous access to the data. They will
- need to be able to retrieve, edit, delete and create images.
- The program will also need high speed sequential access to
- all of the records referenced by a group. This is to
- facilitate automated pattern recognition. The file currently
- contains over 2000 images and is still growing.
-
- The data server should:
- support multiple clients,
- provide record locking for the image file,
- notify all clients when a record or file has been modified.
-
- I have been considering the possibility of writing a simple
- daemon to fulfill my requirements, but want to explore any
- alternatives first. I am especially interested in any public
- domain or shareware products, but will also consider other
- options.
-
- Thanks in advance.
-
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- Larry D. Pyeatt The views expressed here are not
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