Summary: This study concerns existing astronomical systems and their relevance to the Gaia mission.

Bibtex entry for this abstract:

@UNPUBLISHED{LL:WOM-003,
author = {W.~O'Mullane},
title={{L}arge scientific data systems - analysis of some existing projects and their applicability to {G}aia},
institution={European Space Astronomy Centre, Villafranca, Madrid},
year={2005},
month={September},
url={http://www.rssd.esa.int/doc_fetch.php?id=497678},
note={GAIA-C1-TN-ESAC-WOM-003},
type={Technical note}
}