A flexible parallel database system using transputers

Author

Bell, D.A. ; Hull, M.E.C. ; Cai, F.F. ; Guthrie, D. ; Shapcott, C.M.

Author_Institution

Ulster Univ., Coleraine, UK

fYear

1992

fDate

4-8 May 1992

Firstpage

83

Lastpage

88

Abstract

The design and development of a parallel database machine using a transputer network is presented. To exploit several forms of parallelism for database applications and give maximum flexibility, the system uses a communicating process model both in the implementation of database operations, and in the provision of system services. Following an overview of the system architecture, the development of the major processing modules is described, which includes query evaluation, buffer management and the file system.<>

Keywords

distributed databases; parallel programming; transputer systems; buffer management; communicating process model; database applications; database operations; file system; major processing modules; maximum flexibility; parallel database machine; query evaluation; system architecture; system services; transputer network; Buffer storage; Database machines; Database systems; Information systems; Parallel processing; Partitioning algorithms; Processor scheduling; Query processing; Relational databases; Round robin;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

CompEuro '92 . 'Computer Systems and Software Engineering',Proceedings.

Conference_Location

The Hague, Netherlands

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2760-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPEUR.1992.218482

Filename

218482