Distributed Relational DBMS Platform

A Distributed Relational DBMS Platform is a relational DBMS that is a distributed system.

• Context:
  • It can range from being a Distributed Row-Oriented RDBMS to being a Distributed Column-Oriented RDBMS.
  • It can range from being a Distributed Drive-based RDBMS to being a Distributed In-Memory RDBMS.
• Example(s):
  • a distributed PostgreSQL.
  • PrestoDB.
  • Apache Hive.
  • Spanner DBMS.
  • CockroachDB DBMS.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Single-Server RDBMS.
  • a Distributed Non-Relational DBMS, such as Apache Cassandra.
• See: In-Memory RDBMS.

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