When Database Systems Meet the Grid
Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We illustrate the benefits of combining database systems and Grid technologies for data-intensive applications. Using a cluster of SQL servers, we reimplemented an existing Grid application that finds galaxy clusters in a large astronomical database. The SQL implementation runs an order of magnitude faster than the earlier Tcl-C-file-based implementation. We discuss why and how Grid applications can take advantage of database systems.
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@article{arxiv.cs/0502018,
title = {When Database Systems Meet the Grid},
author = {Maria A. Nieto-Santisteban and Alexander S. Szalay and Aniruddha R. Thakar and William J. O'Mullane and Jim Gray and James Annis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cs/0502018},
year = {2007}
}
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better version of the paper (better graphics exceed ArXiv 1MB limit) at http://www-db.cs.wisc.edu/cidr/papers/P13.pdf