About Galaxies

A Galaxy database resides on a single network computer. A Galaxy database can reside on any computer on your network with the SQL Server, Bootstrap, and Galaxy Repository software installed. But, you cannot store parts of a Galaxy database on several computers.

A Galaxy Repository (GR) is the name of the single computer where a Galaxy database is located.

You can deploy Galaxy components, such as platforms and engines, on multiple computers to share the work load while applications are running.

A Galaxy's namespace is the set of unique object and attribute identifiers. The namespace and the values of each of its identifiers define a Viewapp, and can be accessed by clients of the configuration system as well as the Application Server Message Exchange in a deployed system.

A key benefit of a namespace is that it enables objects and process data to be referenced by scripts and animation links from any computer in a Galaxy without the reference needing to specify the object's location.

Galaxies also include security, which is inactive by default. Using security enables you to limit what users can do. You can add more users, security roles, and security groups later if you want.

Creating a new Galaxy requires you to specify a Galaxy Repository (GR) node name and the name of the Galaxy. The Galaxy database is created and is ready for you to connect to and use.