Grid Database Design (Hardcover)

IN THE BEGINNINGHistoryComputing Early Mechanical Devices Computing Machines The 1960s The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 21st Century Definition and Components P2P Types Grid Scope Early Adopters Computational and Experimental Scientists Bioinformatics Corporations Academia Science Industries Benefits THE PARTS AND PIECESSecuritySecurityDatabase Security The Hardware Computers Storage I/O Subsystems Underlying Network Operating Systems Visualization Environments People Metadata Grid Metadata Data Metadata Application Metadata External Metadata Logical Metadata User Data Resources Metadata Services Access Metadata Formatting MCAT Conclusion DriversBusiness Technology DATABASES IN THE GRIDIntroducing Databases Databases Relational Database Object Database Object Relational Database SQL Database Data Model Schema Relational Model Anomalies Parallel Database Data Independence Parallel Databases Multiprocessor Architecture Alternatives Disadvantages of Parallelism Database Parallelization Techniques Data-Based Parallelism Parallel Data Flow Approach Parallelizing Relational Operators Data Skew Distributing Databases Advantages Disadvantages Rules for Distributed Databases Fragmentation Replication Metadata Distributed Database Failures Data Access Data Synchronization Concurrency Control Two-Phase Commit Protocol Time Stamp Ordering Heterogeneity Conclusion