A methodology for benchmarking distributed database management systems

Author

Orji, Cyril U.

Author_Institution

Argonne Nat. Lab., IL, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

8-12 Apr 1991

Firstpage

612

Lastpage

619

Abstract

A methodology for benchmarking distributed database management systems is proposed. A distributed environment is characterized in terms of the communication costs incurred in data movement between sites, the number of nodes that participate in processing a query and the data distribution scheme used in the network. These three major characteristics form a basis for eight query types that capture the query performance characteristics in the network. It is demonstrated that the performance characteristics of any distributed database management system can be captured by running queries based on these query types. Preliminary results obtained in applying the methodology in a single-user LAN environment are presented

Keywords

distributed databases; local area networks; performance evaluation; benchmarking distributed database management systems; communication costs; data distribution; performance characteristics; query; query performance characteristics; single-user LAN environment; Benchmark testing; Costs; Database systems; Environmental management; Laboratories; Local area networks; Measurement; Relational databases; Standards development; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Data Engineering, 1991. Proceedings. Seventh International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kobe

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2138-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICDE.1991.131510

Filename

131510