Structured evaluation of database management systems

Author

Schaps, Gary L. ; Rishe, Naphtali

Author_Institution

Cordis Corp., Miami, FL, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

7-9 Mar 1990

Firstpage

441

Lastpage

446

Abstract

An analytical framework for evaluating database management systems is presented. Four RDBMSs (relational database management systems) are chosen for design review: Sybase, Oracle, Ingres, and informix. Five categories of design characteristics are considered: (1) query processing, (2) query optimization, (3) distributed query, (4) concurrency control, and (5) crash recovery. On the basis of the material considered here, Sybase appears to have the best distributed architecture and the most advanced transaction control, integrity checks, and crash recovery features

Keywords

performance evaluation; relational databases; Ingres; Oracle; Sybase; analytical framework; concurrency control; crash recovery; database management systems; design characteristics; distributed query; informix; integrity checks; query optimization; query processing; relational database management systems; structural evaluation; transaction control; Benchmark testing; Buildings; Concurrent computing; Control systems; Database systems; Large-scale systems; Performance evaluation; Prototypes; Query processing; Relational databases;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Databases, Parallel Architectures and Their Applications,. PARBASE-90, International Conference on

Conference_Location

Miami Beach, FL

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2035-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PARBSE.1990.77174

Filename

77174