Red: [9fans] Adding transaction semantics to Plan9

[Brandon Black photon@nol.net]

On Thu, 4 Sep 1997, G. David Butler wrote:

> From: Mike Haertel <mike@ducky.net>
> >
> >>             To go to isolation level 4 in a distributed database
> >>you need *more*.
> >
> >That's interesting.  I've been trying to gain an understanding
> >of transaction processing.  I'm only familiar with the 2P commit
> >stuff.  Do you have any references on the sort of protocols you
> >need to get the high isolation levels in a distributing setting?
> >Especially interested in on-line stuff; I don't have easy access
> >to a university library.
> 
> Well, you can look at distributed OSs like amoeba or distributed
> middleware like ISIS.  A good place for transaction info is
> the Transaction Processing Performance Council (www.tpc.org)
> of TPC-A,B,C&D fame.

Check out commercial middle ware "Tuxedo" by BEA software too... It is
distributed application management and OLTP as well I believe.  I haven't
seen it yet, but one of our architecture guys was looking at it and he
really liked it.

> 
> For my part, since everyone is so patent crazy now, I just roll
> my own... (and document the hell out of the dates and processes.)
> 
> David Butler
> gdb@dbSystems.com
>