> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://geniesys.gitbook.io/geniesys/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://geniesys.gitbook.io/geniesys/for-administrators/database-design.md).

# Database design

MySQL database server is required to load the genomic data and integrate with GenIE-Sys plugins.

**Loading tables**

Following database diagram shows the initial genie database architecture. It will be used with basic geniesys tools such as GeneList, gene information pages, autocomlete search and BLAST.

![Database Architecture of GenIE-Sys](https://234156639-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MJh8mKRNRBZEkZeCU0R%2F-MJjS91VWDgbjOuYBN9J%2F-MJmukZTTG63uH55bZsg%2FGenIE-CMS_V4.png?alt=media\&token=e03336f5-1a5e-48d2-bf34-0e3db27a6619)

We have to to follow the [data loading](https://geniesys.readthedocs.io/en/latest/plugins/genelist.html) instructions in order to load data into the database tables.