Evaluation of the Relational Implementation of the Conditions Database Interface

The ConditionsDB interface is a C++ class library, built on top of a database management system, to enable storage and retrieval of detectorrelated information with an associated period of validity. This document describes a first comparison study between the Oracle v0.4.1.6 and the MySQL v0.2.6b implementations of the ConditionsDB interface. A set of performance tests were executed both running locally in the database server machine and using clients in remote machines. It also addresses the issues related to the Large Scale Tests performed using the MySQL prototype. The necessary steps to build and install both implementations are also described.