Usually you can create a dataverse on an existing Dataverse Network, but installing Dataverse Network software gives you full control of the data storage and back ups. Installation of the software requires you to maintain a production server and a file system, and to upgrade the application as needed. It runs on top of the Glassfish Application Server. (We use PostgreSQL for database software, but you can use other databases easily, such as Oracle or MySQL.) The data analysis component uses R and Zelig for statistical computing.
Note: Our software is not ready for distribution. We expect to release a downloadable version in the second quarter of 2008.
See topic: Software