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DiGIR

ORNIS follows other distributed data networks in using the Distributed Information Generic Retrieval (DiGIR) protocol. DiGIR was developed as a collaborative effort between the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, and California Academy of Sciences. DiGIR is a public open source project with an international team of contributers. More on DiGIR.

We recommend that a DiGIR provider is installed on a dedicated server with the following minimal specifications:

Processors: dual 2.4GHz
Operating System: your choice
Graphics: unimportant
Memory: 512 MB
Storage: 40 GB
Read/Write devices: your choice
Backup: No extra hardware required, there is nothing in a DiGIR installation that needs to be backed up regularly.
Network: Ethernet port
Warranty: the more the merrier

Other major distributed database projects that use DiGIR include:

MaNIS Mammal Networked Information System http://manisnet.org/
HerpNET Herpetological Distributed Information Network http://www.herpnet.org/
FishNet Fish Distributed Information System http://www.fishnet2.net
PaleoPortal The Paleontology Portal http://www.paleoportal.org/
OBIS Ocean Biogeographic Information System http://www.iobis.org/Welcome.htm
GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/