A tutorial guide to HEPDB

What is HEPDB ?

How does HEPDB help ?

Explanation of terms

Using HEPDB - an example scenario

The database servers

Placement of servers

Server management

Database Creation

Opening a database

Database Structure

Special HEPDB directories

Creating a directory structure

Deleting a directory Structure

Conversion of existing databases

Data storage

Data retrieval

Retrieval of data into existing software

Data removal