PDB Overview
The OBS Virtual Picture Database is an Out of the Box
Database, that can store any kind of digital files, i.e. Excel Sheets, PDFs
or digital Pictures or even films. The files are automatically indexed, categorized
and compressed, which reduces disk space down to a 5th. Though, users can't
modify the uploaded files, they can download and alter them and upload a new
version. To view the digital documents and pictures you only need to click the
biutton <Open File>.
The OBS Picture Database can cope with very large amounts of data, since it
runs on a lean Oracle Database.
PDB Key Features
Since End of 2008, the OBS Picture Datbase is available
as virtual Machine for both, MySQL and Oracle Databases. Thus, it is very cheap
to run, easy to use and simple to extend. Each file is assigned a priority and
status, which in turn determinates the colour of the records, when listed.
In fact, it will cost you virtually nothing.
PDB Data Compression
All Sorts of Files like Excel Sheets, Word Documents
or Power Point Presentations are automatically compressed and de-compressed
on the fly. With PDB Data Compression, the Virtual Picture Database can grow
up to 1 TByte on a 200 GByte virtual disk.
PDB as Virtual Machine
OBS provides
its Picture Database as an Out of the Box Solutions on DVD or USB Stick. Virtual Machines
can easily be closed and restarted in seconds without booting the operating system.
PDB Security
The OBS
Virtual Picture Database is a very secure Database, using https for encryting
all data traffic.
Furthermore it incorporates many sophisticated security
features.
PDB Scalability
The OBS Virtual Picture Database is highly scalable and
can be clustered in a high availability grid.
