SRB / MCAT Features

• Support for Collection hierarchy

  • allows grouping of hetero-geneous data sets into a single logical collection
  • hierarchical access control, with ticket mechanism

• Replication

  • optional replication at the time of creation
  • can choose replica on read

• Proxy operations

  • supports proxy (remote) move and copy operations

• Monitoring capability

• Supports storing/querying of system- and user-defined “metadata” for data sets and resources

• API for ad hoc querying of metadata

• Ability to extend schemas and define new schemas

• Ability to associate data sets with multiple metadata schemas

• Ability to relate attributes across schemas

• Implemented in Oracle and DB2

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