1999 Projects:
Information management and archiving
Expedition and ROV CTD-database migration
Project lead/manager: Debbie
Meyer
Project team: Holly Baum, Bruce Robison, Rich
Schramm, and Rob Sherlock
MBARI currently stores archival ship expedition and ROV CTD-data in a Sybase relational
database that runs on a UNIX workstation. This Sybase database historically archived many
other data streams, but in recent years these data have been moved into separate Windows
databases. MBARI’s technical expertise and machine resources have shifted in response
to this change, supporting the growing number of applications that use Microsoft SQL
Server and Microsoft Access (e.g. BOG, Costpoint, ROV Pilot Log, Samples Database).
This project will migrate ship expedition, ROV CTD-data, and associated queries into a
SQL Server database. This move will eliminate the costs of maintaining Sybase licenses,
utilize the Windows database expertise of our staff, and improve inter-accessibility among
the other MBARI databases. We also will expand access to these data by enhancing the web
pages and queries used by MBARI scientists.
Next: Mooring data management
Last updated: 31 October 2005 |
