Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

A plug-in disk-Interface-process for the WSQL data access controller.

Kerridge, Jon; Kukla, Robert

Authors

Jon Kerridge



Contributors

Brian C O'Neill
Editor

Abstract

As part of the development of a disk based storage subsystem for a database machine, a disk interface process has been designed, exploiting parallel processing features of the transputer. In a step-by-step approach design-decisions are presented and justified, leading to an occam design, which is then transferred to an implementation in INMOS ANSI C. The paper discusses, how standard concepts in parallel processing (fair ALT, buffers) can be implemented using the inadequate language extensions of INMOS ANSI C. Plans for future developments of the disk interface process are outlined.

Conference Name WoTUG '96 19th world occam and transputer user group technical meeting on Parallel processing developments
Start Date Mar 31, 1996
End Date Apr 3, 1996
Publication Date 1996
Deposit Date Jan 26, 2011
Publisher IOS Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 74
Pages 75-88
Book Title Proceeding WoTUG '96 Proceedings of the 19th world occam and transputer user group technical meeting on Parallel processing developments
ISBN 90-5199-261-0
Keywords WSQL: data access controller; plug-in:disk interface; interconnection architectures; performance queueing theory;
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3931



You might also like



Downloadable Citations