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In this paper, we investigate the issues involved in using multiprocessors for high performance transaction processing applications. We use a simulation model to compare the performance of two different architectures, namely, Shared Everything and Shared Nothing. In Shared Everything, any processor can access any disk and all memory is shared. In Shared Nothing, neither disks nor memory is shared. We study the effects of response time constraints in both of these architectures and compare their performance in the presence of load imbalances. In addition, we study how intra-query parallelism affects the performance of both architectures under different operating conditions.
This research was sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DoD), Arpa Order No. 4871, monitored by Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command under Contract N00039-84-C-0089.
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Bhide, A., Stonebraker, M. (1989). Performance issues in high performance transaction processing architectures. In: Gawlick, D., Haynie, M., Reuter, A. (eds) High Performance Transaction Systems. HPTS 1987. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 359. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-51085-0_51
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