A history and evaluation of System R

  • Authors:
  • Donald D. Chamberlin;Morton M. Astrahan;Michael W. Blasgen;James N. Gray;W. Frank King;Bruce G. Lindsay;Raymond Lorie;James W. Mehl;Thomas G. Price;Franco Putzolu;Patricia Griffiths Selinger;Mario Schkolnick;Donald R. Slutz;Irving L. Traiger;Bradford W. Wade;Robert A. Yost

  • Affiliations:
  • IBM Research Lab., San Jose, CA;IBM Research Lab., San Jose, CA;IBM Research Lab., San Jose, CA;IBM Research Lab., San Jose, CA;IBM Research Lab., San Jose, CA;IBM Research Lab., San Jose, CA;IBM Research Lab., San Jose, CA;IBM Research Lab., San Jose, CA;IBM Research Lab., San Jose, CA;IBM Research Lab., San Jose, CA;IBM Research Lab., San Jose, CA;IBM Research Lab., San Jose, CA;IBM Research Lab., San Jose, CA;IBM Research Lab., San Jose, CA;IBM Research Lab., San Jose, CA;IBM Research Lab., San Jose, CA

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1981

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Abstract

System R, an experimental database system, was constructed to demonstrate that the usability advantages of the relational data model can be realized in a system with the complete function and high performance required for everyday production use. This paper describes the three principal phases of the System R project and discusses some of the lessons learned from System R about the design of relational systems and database systems in general.