Rinda: a relational database processor with hardware specialized for searching and sorting

Author

Inoue, Ushio ; Satoh, T. ; Hayami, Haruo ; Takeda, Hideki ; Nakamura, Toshio ; Fukuoka, Hideki

Author_Institution

NTT Commun. & Inf. Process. Lab., Kanagawa, Japan

Volume

11

Issue

6

fYear

1991

Firstpage

61

Lastpage

70

Abstract

Rinda, a database processor that accelerates nonindexed relational database queries, is described. Rinda is composed of content search processors and relational operational accelerating processors; the former, search rows stored in disk storage, and the latter sort rows stored in the main memory. The processors connect to a general-purpose host computer with channel interfaces. Performance results show that Rinda executes queries three to 100 times faster then conventional database-management system software in a benchmark system.<>

Keywords

content-addressable storage; relational databases; special purpose computers; Rinda; channel interfaces; content search processors; disk storage; general-purpose host computer; main memory; relational database processor; relational database queries; relational operational accelerating processors; search rows; searching; sort rows; sorting; Acceleration; Computer interfaces; Control systems; Electronics packaging; Hardware; Information processing; Laboratories; Relational databases; Sorting; System software;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Micro, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1732

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/40.108573

Filename

108573