Platform database

AFECS platform database is a file system. Users must define $COOL_HOME environmental variable, pointing to that file system accessible by the AFECS platform. $COOL_HOME must have specific directory structure, but you do not have to worry, since platform will create a default directory structure at the start-up if $COOL_HOME does not have a required structure.

The diagram below shows standard directory structure pointed by the $COOL_HOME environmental variable.