Ebook: Database Machines: International Workshop Munich, September 1983
- Tags: Database Management
- Year: 1983
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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The International Workshop on Database Machines in Munich is the third of its kind, preceeded by the meetings in Florence (Sept. 81) and San Diego (Sept. 82). The workshop is aimed at providing an interchange of ideas and experience on computer systems designed to perform database operations more efficiently than general purpose computers with a software database management system. Many proposals have been published during the past 10 years, but now several systems have been built and practically implemented and some are even commercially available, so that confrontation with the real world is starting to occur. The kinds of question which arise during this phase of coming to maturity are those involved with evaluation and measurement. The emphasis of the workshop is therefore on performance evaluation and the respective modelling techniques and methodology. Data flow and other new topics (including algorithms) are also treated with respect to performance and efficiency. We are glad to be able to include some papers on existing commercial products - from both the designer and the user viewpoints. We hope to encourage critical comments in this field and have arranged a session with the title "Where Database Machines Are Going" - to be followed by a panel dis~ussion.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-IX
A Network-Oriented Dataflow Database System....Pages 1-19
A Dataflow Retrieval Unit for a Relational Database Machine....Pages 20-40
A Concept for a Dataflow Database Machine — An Overview....Pages 41-45
On a Specification and Performance Evaluation Model for Multicomputer Database Machines....Pages 46-73
Performance Modeling of the DBMAC Architecture....Pages 74-90
Analysis of Filtering Efficiency in the Database Machine Verso....Pages 91-105
Experiments in Benchmarking Relational Database Machines....Pages 106-134
A Performance Study on Host-Backend Communication....Pages 135-153
On Selecting an Adequate Database Processor for a Host-Backend Configuration....Pages 154-165
Database Machines: An Idea Whose Time has Passed? A Critique of the Future of Database Machines....Pages 166-187
CID: A VLSI Device for Lists Intersection....Pages 188-204
Data Handling and Dedicated Hardware for the Sort Problem....Pages 205-226
IDM-500 within a Mainframe Environment....Pages 227-232
GEI’s Experience with Britton-Lee’s IDM....Pages 233-241
A Message-Oriented Implementation of a Multi-Backend Database System (MDBS)....Pages 242-266
A Prolog Data Base Machine....Pages 267-276
Performance Evaluation of Concurrency Control Algorithms in the Sabre Database Computer....Pages 277-292
Adaptive Segmentation Schemes for Large Relational Database Machines....Pages 293-318
Querying and Filtering Formatted Files....Pages 319-338
On The Use of a Database Machine for Fuzzy Querying....Pages 339-344
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-IX
A Network-Oriented Dataflow Database System....Pages 1-19
A Dataflow Retrieval Unit for a Relational Database Machine....Pages 20-40
A Concept for a Dataflow Database Machine — An Overview....Pages 41-45
On a Specification and Performance Evaluation Model for Multicomputer Database Machines....Pages 46-73
Performance Modeling of the DBMAC Architecture....Pages 74-90
Analysis of Filtering Efficiency in the Database Machine Verso....Pages 91-105
Experiments in Benchmarking Relational Database Machines....Pages 106-134
A Performance Study on Host-Backend Communication....Pages 135-153
On Selecting an Adequate Database Processor for a Host-Backend Configuration....Pages 154-165
Database Machines: An Idea Whose Time has Passed? A Critique of the Future of Database Machines....Pages 166-187
CID: A VLSI Device for Lists Intersection....Pages 188-204
Data Handling and Dedicated Hardware for the Sort Problem....Pages 205-226
IDM-500 within a Mainframe Environment....Pages 227-232
GEI’s Experience with Britton-Lee’s IDM....Pages 233-241
A Message-Oriented Implementation of a Multi-Backend Database System (MDBS)....Pages 242-266
A Prolog Data Base Machine....Pages 267-276
Performance Evaluation of Concurrency Control Algorithms in the Sabre Database Computer....Pages 277-292
Adaptive Segmentation Schemes for Large Relational Database Machines....Pages 293-318
Querying and Filtering Formatted Files....Pages 319-338
On The Use of a Database Machine for Fuzzy Querying....Pages 339-344
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