2007 ArchitectureofaDatabaseSystem

• (Hellerstein et al., 2007) ⇒ Joseph M. Hellerstein, Michael Stonebraker, and James Hamilton. (2007). “Architecture of a Database System.” In: Foundations and Trends in Databases Journal, 1(2). doi:10.1561/1900000002

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Database Management Systems (DBMSs) are a ubiquitous and critical component of modern computing, and the result of decades of research and development in both academia and industry. Historically, DBMSs were among the earliest multi-user server systems to be developed, and thus pioneered many systems design techniques for scalability and reliability now in use in many other contexts. While many of the algorithms and abstractions used by a DBMS are textbook material, there has been relatively sparse coverage in the literature of the systems design issues that make a DBMS work. This paper presents an architectural discussion of DBMS design principles, including process models, parallel architecture, storage system design, transaction system implementation, query processor and optimizer architectures, and typical shared components and utilities. Successful commercial and open-source systems are used as points of reference, particularly when multiple alternative designs have been adopted by different groups.

1. Introduction

Database Management Systems (DBMSs) are complex, mission-critical software systems. Today’s DBMSs embody decades of academic and industrial research and intense corporate software development. Database systems were among the earliest widely deployed online server systems and, as such, have pioneered design solutions spanning not only data management, but also applications, operating systems, and networked services. The early DBMSs are among the most influential software systems in computer science, and the ideas and implementation issues pioneered for DBMSs are widely copied and reinvented.

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	Author	volume	Date Value	title	type	journal	titleUrl	doi	note	year
2007 ArchitectureofaDatabaseSystem	Joseph M. Hellerstein Michael Stonebraker James Hamilton			Architecture of a Database System				10.1561/1900000002		2007