DataFinder – A Scientific Data Management Solution

Kurzfassung

The data management system DataFinder primarily targets the management of scientific technical data. Data can be attached with individual meta data that is based on a free-definable hierarchical data model to achieve data structuring and ordering. Moreover, the system is able to handle large amounts of data and can be easily integrated in existing working environments. The purpose of this paper is to present the key concepts of the DataFinder as well as current and future usage scenarios. In addition, the paper shows the extension of the existing architecture to integrate the Grid transport protocol GridFTP and the archiving system Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) which leads in a general Grid-enabled data management application that is capable of handling distributed storage resources and archives.