| 摘要 |
<p>A database appliance in which two or more internetworked data storage units are used to coordinate the storage and retrieval of database records. One or more central database processing units (110) are also associated with the data storage units (160). A software application for executing database operations executes in a distributed fashion with portions of the database application executing on the data storage processors (150). At least a portion of the database application is implemented within and/or coordinated by a communication process that is executing the communication protocol. This coordination takes place such that data blocks are passed between the communication process and at least one protion of the database application process by passing data block reference information.</p> |
