Performance of B+ tree concurrency control algorithms

  • Authors:
  • V. Srinivasan;Michael J. Carey

  • Affiliations:
  • IBM Santa Teresa Laboratory, San Jose, CA;University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

  • Venue:
  • The VLDB Journal — The International Journal on Very Large Data Bases
  • Year:
  • 1993

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Abstract

A number of algorithms have been proposed to access B+-trees concurrently, but they are not well understood. In this article, we study the performance of various B+-tree concurrency control algorithms using a detailed simulation model of B+-tree operations in a centralized DBMS. Our study covers a wide range of data contention situations and resource conditions. In addition, based on the performance of the set of B+-tree concurrency control algorithms, which includes one new algorithm, we make projections regarding the performance of other algorithms in the literature. Our results indicate that algorithms with updaters that lock-couple using exclusive locks perform poorly as compared to those that permit more optimistic index descents. In particular, the B-link algorithms are seen to provide the most concurrency and the best overall performance. Finally, we demonstrate the need for a highly concurrent long-term lock holding strategy to obtain the full benefits of a highly concurrent algorithm for index operations.