Re: [GUSDEV] Initial installation

[Michael S. <msa...@pc...>]

Hi Chris,

On 9/16/05 7:29 PM, "Chris Topinka" <cmt...@gm...> wrote:

> The documentation suggests installing the schema and app framework at the
> same time using:
> 
> build GUS install -append -installDBSchema
> 
> will 
> 
> build GUS install -installDBSchema
> 
> work to create the database only?

No, the "build GUS install" command will always install the app framework.

> Why would you want to install the app
> framework on a machine that is serving your database?

You don't necessarily need to install the app framework on your database
server using the above command.  For example, I have a remote database
configured in the gus.config file.  -installDBSchema connects to the remote
database to install/load the schema there, and installs the app framework on
the local database.

> Is this a good idea?

If you're the only one using GUS, it may be perfectly fine to have the app
framework on the same machine as the database, but most groups have several
users sharing a single GUS database, and consequently don't have the app
framework on the DB server.

> Is the app framework suitable to be run in a distributed fashion?

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by this... The app framework isn't really
designed for a distributed environment beyond support for remote databases.

> Can a 
> single app framework installation connect many users to the database?

In theory, yes, but in most cases each app framework has an individual's
configuration such that as they load data, data provenance issues and
permissions can be handled and tracked appropriately.


> I ask this because the documentation says that many users (each with their
> own installation of the Application Framework) will share the database.
> 
> When I install the app framework on other machines can I use:
> 
> build GUS install -append
> 
> to do this?

Yes.

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chris