• DocumentCode
    1077858
  • Title

    Optimizing Unix database file operations

  • Author

    Gait, Jason

  • Author_Institution
    Transarc, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    5/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    48
  • Lastpage
    56
  • Abstract
    Ratfiles (RATional FILE System) by-passes the Unix kernel to perform database-file operations at nearly twice the speed of conventional file systems and offers several techniques, including atomic write and write-order discipline, to improve data integrity.<>
  • Keywords
    Unix; data integrity; database management systems; optimisation; Ratfiles; Rational File System; Unix database file operations optimization; Unix kernel; atomic write; data integrity; write-order discipline; Database systems; File servers; File systems; Kernel; Operating systems; Production systems; Spatial databases; Throughput; Tiles; Transaction databases;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/52.281709
  • Filename
    281709