Method of sharing data in a heterogeneous computer system

Details Method of sharing data in a heterogeneous computer system Method of sharing data in a heterogeneous computer system

1995-12-28

1998-05-26

Teska, Kevin J.

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ABSTRACT:
Heterogeneous computer systems are computer systems with different storage architectures, computer systems with different central processing units (CPUs), computer systems with different disk organization methods, computer systems with different access methods, computer systems that use different controller interfaces etc. These systems share data so that every one of the said computer systems can access the data independently, not relying on services from the others. A single copy of the data is maintained, as opposed to replicated data that is used, in some cases to overcome the same needs. Every system has direct access to the shared data, through the use of emulators that enable applications on every system to use the desired interfaces to the data, disguised as the ordinary local interfaces. An example is the accessing an IBM mainframe's DB2 data base from a UNIX environment. A special case of the above example is accessing of an IBM mainframe's DB2 database through an Oracle-like interface in the UNIX environment. Another use could be a fast down load program that derives an Oracle fast load compatible file from DB2.

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