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In this paper we describe the communication mechanisms for a mufti-backend database system (MDBS). MDBS is designed to provide for capacity growth and performance enhancement by the addition of more backend minicomputers and associated disks and by the replication of the same software without additional programming. MDBS has been implemented using a permanent process for each major database system function. Further, the processes in a backend are identical to the processes in another backend. The communication functions in MDBS involve interprocess and interbackend mechanisms for control and synchronization. Our primary purpose is to analyze the implementation decisions for the communication mechanism and to describe MDBS from the communications viewpoint.
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Boyne, R.D., Hsiao, D.K., Kerr, D.S., Orooji, A. (1983). A Message-Oriented Implementation of a Multi-Backend Database System (MDBS). In: Leilich, HO., Missikoff, M. (eds) Database Machines. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69419-6_15
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