Supervisor database requirement

All installation procedures that employ a true company-wide solution (anything other than a stand-alone controller) require that, prior to installation, a suitable RDBMS (Relational Database Management System) be installed and running on the Supervisor computer or available to the software on a remote server. You need only one SQL (Structured Query Language) server.

Third-party Orion databases

The system requires an Orion database to store people, badges, access rights, tenants, floors and other data. An Orion database is an open-source RDBMS for managing uncertain data. While any number of databases may appear as options, and may be used to store data, the system provides licenses for, and has been tested with the latest versions of these third-party Orion databases:

MySQL
Oracle
MS SqlServer

Secure database connection

To prevent malicious hacker attacks on the database or station, the station must be able to authenticate the database server (especially if it is remote) and communication between station and server must be encrypted.

Documentation

Some databases may require additional licensing. For more information, refer to this online documentation.

MySQL database documentation.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/installing.html

SqlServer database documentation.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/sql-server-technical-documentation?view=sql-server-2017

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/install/planning-a-sql-server-installation?view=sql-server-2017