Re: [GUSDEV] Initial installation

[Chris T. <cmt...@gm...>]

I'm not sure I understand. Does this mean that the app framework requires=
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it's own schema on the local db? We have several different research project=
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in different departments/organisms at hand. Would this indicate the need fo=
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a seperate application framework for each of these? I guess what we're=20
eventually trying to accomplish is setting up GUS as a core facility for an=
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project in the University of Missouri system. Most of our data comes from a=
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core sequencing facility - maybe start with a single app framework=20
installation for this data and bring up other app frameworks for data that=
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is incorporated from other facilities? What did you mean by "most groups=20
have several
users sharing a single GUS database"? Can you give an example?

I've tried to read as much of the documentation as possible. Can you direct=
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me to some information source that might help me out here?

Thanks,

Chris
On 9/16/05, Michael Saffitz <msa...@pc... > wrote:
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> Hi Chris,
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> On 9/16/05 7:29 PM, "Chris Topinka" < cmt...@gm...> wrote:
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> > The documentation suggests installing the schema and app framework at=
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> the
> > same time using:
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> > build GUS install -append -installDBSchema
> >
> > will=20
> >
> > build GUS install -installDBSchema
> >
> > work to create the database only?
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> No, the "build GUS install" command will always install the app framework=
.
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> > Why would you want to install the app=20
> > framework on a machine that is serving your database?
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> 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 remot=
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> database to install/load the schema there, and installs the app framework=
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> on
> the local database.
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> > Is this a good idea?
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> If you're the only one using GUS, it may be perfectly fine to have the ap=
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> framework on the same machine as the database, but most groups have=20
> several
> users sharing a single GUS database, and consequently don't have the app
> framework on the DB server.
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> > Is the app framework suitable to be run in a distributed fashion?=20
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> I'm not sure exactly what you mean by this... The app framework isn't=20
> really
> designed for a distributed environment beyond support for remote=20
> databases.
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> > Can a
> > single app framework installation connect many users to the database?=
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> 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.
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> > I ask this because the documentation says that many users (each with=20
> their
> > own installation of the Application Framework) will share the database.
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> > When I install the app framework on other machines can I use:=20
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> > build GUS install -append
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> > to do this?
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> Yes.
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> > Thanks,
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> > Chris
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Christopher M. Topinka
NLM-BHIRT Predoctoral Fellow in Computer Science=20
113 Life Sciences Center=20
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
(573)-823-0616
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