Title :
A lightweight and scalable e-transaction protocol for three-tier systems with centralized back-end database
Author :
Romano, Paolo ; Quaglia, Francesco ; Ciciani, Bruno
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Inf. e Sistemistica, Roma Univ., Italy
Abstract :
The e-transaction abstraction is a recent formalization of end-to-end reliability properties for three-tier systems. In this work, we present a protocol ensuring the e-transaction guarantees in case the back-end tier consists of a centralized database. Our proposal addresses the case of stateless application servers, and is both simple and effective since 1) it does not employ any distributed commit protocol and 2) does not require coordination among the replicas of the application server.
Keywords :
Internet; database management systems; electronic commerce; protocols; transaction processing; centralized back-end database; e-transaction protocol; end-to-end reliability; stateless application server; three-tier system; transaction processing; Access protocols; Analytical models; Computer crashes; Delay; Distributed databases; Logic; Network servers; Proposals; Transaction databases; Index Terms- Transaction processing; efficient fail-over; reliability; three-tier systems.;
Journal_Title :
Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TKDE.2005.171
