Evaluating Database Update Schemes: A Methodology and its Applications to Distributive Systems

  • Authors:
  • Kathryn C. Kinsley;Charles E. Hughes

  • Affiliations:
  • -;Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
  • Year:
  • 1988

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Abstract

A methodology is presented for evaluating the performance of database update schemes in a distributive environment. The methodology makes use of the history of how data are used in the database. Parameters such as update-to-retrieval ratio and average file size can be set based on the actual characterization of a system. The analysis is specifically directed toward the support of derived data within the relational model. Because concurrency is a major problem in a distributive system, the support of derived data is analyzed with respect to three distributive concurrency control techniques: master/slave, distributed, and synchronized.