Design and implementation of a distributed transaction processing system

Author

Mannai, Dhamir N. ; Elmagarmid, Ahmed K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

Feb. 29 1988-March 3 1988

Firstpage

185

Lastpage

188

Abstract

The extension of the transaction concept to the distributed environment has introduced problems not present in centralized systems. Some of these new problems are due to the communication network, which has become the major speed limitation factor. This suggests that minimizing communication in distributed transactions is as crucial as minimizing disk access for centralized systems. A system for distributed transaction processing that reflects this concern is presented. A novel construct called ´execute´ is used that allows the initiation and execution of a group of remote operations with one command.<>

Keywords

distributed processing; operating systems (computers); communication network; distributed environment; distributed transaction processing system; execute construct; execution; initiation; remote operations; Communication networks; Communication system control; Computer networks; Distributed computing; Fault tolerant systems; Power engineering and energy; Power engineering computing; Power system reliability; Reliability engineering; Transaction databases;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Compcon Spring '88. Thirty-Third IEEE Computer Society International Conference, Digest of Papers

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0828-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPCON.1988.4856

Filename

4856