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