Title :
Object-oriented database management systems: evolution and performance issues
Author :
Hurson, A.R. ; Pakzad, Simin H. ; Cheng, Jia-bing
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
Abstract :
Several research prototypes and commercial object-oriented database management systems (DBMSs) that emphasize the representation and manipulation of complex objects are reviewed. It is argued that clustering and buffering schemes tailored to typical complex object operations offer the best near-term means of improving the performance of databases and that research in clustering and buffering should address recent advances in disk technology: optical and parallel disks. The object-oriented DBMSs reviewed are Orion, Iris, GemStone, Encore, Ontos, Versant, and ObjectStore.<>
Keywords :
database theory; object-oriented databases; software packages; Encore; GemStone; Iris; ObjectStore; Ontos; Orion; Versant; buffering schemes; clustering; commercial object-oriented database management systems; complex objects; disk technology; near-term means; object-oriented DBMSs; parallel disks; performance issues; research prototypes; typical complex object operations; Application software; Data models; Database languages; Database systems; Environmental management; Image databases; Indexing; Multimedia databases; Object oriented modeling; Relational databases;
