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Database Allocation in a Distributed Environment: Incorporating a Concurrency Control Mechanism and Queuing Costs

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  • Sudha Ram

    (Department of Management Information Systems, College of BPA, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721)

  • Sridhar Narasimhan

    (School of Management, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0520)

Abstract

This research investigates the problem of allocating database fragments across a set of computers connected by a communication network. A mathematical model is presented to aid designers in the development of distributed database systems. The model takes into account the pattern of usage of the databases, communication costs in the network, delays due to queuing of data requests, costs for maintaining consistency among the various copies of a database, and storage costs. A solution procedure based on Lagrangian relaxation is proposed to solve the model. Computational results are reported along with several useful observations. The model is applicable to organizations that are considering migration from a centralized to a distributed computing environment.

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  • Sudha Ram & Sridhar Narasimhan, 1994. "Database Allocation in a Distributed Environment: Incorporating a Concurrency Control Mechanism and Queuing Costs," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 40(8), pages 969-983, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:40:y:1994:i:8:p:969-983
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.40.8.969
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    1. Amiri, Ali, 2002. "An integrated approach for planning the adoption of client/server systems," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 142(3), pages 509-522, November.
    2. Rajiv D. Banker & Robert J. Kauffman, 2004. "50th Anniversary Article: The Evolution of Research on Information Systems: A Fiftieth-Year Survey of the Literature in Management Science," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 50(3), pages 281-298, March.

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