Parallel database serving mechanism for a single-level-store computer system

摘要

The present invention involves a database administrator that is comprised of a plurality of database managers and a plurality of database servers. The database managers act as an interface between the database servers and client programs and the database servers act as an interface between the database managers and the database itself. The client programs, database managers, and database servers all execute within a single-level-store environment, which allows them to communicate with one another without incurring the expense of inter-address space communication and/or the expense associated with the cross-address space mapping of query results.