Heterogeneous distributed database systems for production use

  • Authors:
  • Gomer Thomas;Glenn R. Thompson;Chin-Wan Chung;Edward Barkmeyer;Fred Carter;Marjorie Templeton;Stephen Fox;Berl Hartman

  • Affiliations:
  • Bellcore, Piscataway, NJ;Amoco Production Company Research Center, Tulsa, OK;GM Research Labs, Warren, MI;National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD;Ingres Corp., Alameda, CA;Ingres Corp., Alameda, CA;Data Integration, Inc., Los Angeles, CA;Sybase, Inc., Emeryville, CA

  • Venue:
  • ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR) - Special issue on heterogeneous databases
  • Year:
  • 1990

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Abstract

It is increasingly important for organizations to achieve additional coordination of diverse computerized operations. To do so, it is necessary to have database systems that can operate over a distributed network and can encompass a heterogeneous mix of computers, operating systems, communications links, and local database management systems. This paper outlines approaches to various aspects of heterogeneous distributed data management and describes the characteristics and architectures of seven existing heterogeneous distributed database systems developed for production use. The objective is a survey of the state of the art in systems targeted for production environments as opposed to research prototypes.