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

Kerridge, Jon; Kukla, Robert

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.

Citation

Kerridge, J., & Kukla, R. (1996, March). A plug-in disk-Interface-process for the WSQL data access controller. Presented at WoTUG '96 19th world occam and transputer user group technical meeting on Parallel processing developments

• 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