Object-oriented database management systems: evolution and performance issues

Author

Hurson, A.R. ; Pakzad, Simin H. ; Cheng, Jia-bing

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA

Volume

26

Issue

2

fYear

1993

Firstpage

48

Lastpage

58

Abstract

Several research prototypes and commercial object-oriented database management systems (DBMSs) that emphasize the representation and manipulation of complex objects are reviewed. It is argued that clustering and buffering schemes tailored to typical complex object operations offer the best near-term means of improving the performance of databases and that research in clustering and buffering should address recent advances in disk technology: optical and parallel disks. The object-oriented DBMSs reviewed are Orion, Iris, GemStone, Encore, Ontos, Versant, and ObjectStore.<>

Keywords

database theory; object-oriented databases; software packages; Encore; GemStone; Iris; ObjectStore; Ontos; Orion; Versant; buffering schemes; clustering; commercial object-oriented database management systems; complex objects; disk technology; near-term means; object-oriented DBMSs; parallel disks; performance issues; research prototypes; typical complex object operations; Application software; Data models; Database languages; Database systems; Environmental management; Image databases; Indexing; Multimedia databases; Object oriented modeling; Relational databases;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.191991

Filename

191991