Database Management System on Flosolver Mk3

Abstract

The increasing demand for processing power in database applications can be satisfied by having a number of processors serving database requests concurrently. In this paper, an attempt is made to develop a database management system on Flosover Mk3, a distributed memory, shared disk, parallel computer. The aim of this paper is to utilise the number of processors available on Flosolver Mk3 to serve user requests for data manipulation activity. The independence of records in data file provides parallelism to process data partially on different processors. An interpreter has been developed with commands to define data and group data, and to manipulate data through which user can communicate with the database management system.

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P A Vijaya

Mrs P A Vijaya, obtained her BE in Electronics & Communication Engineering from the Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan of Mysore University and ME (Computer Science) in 1991 from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

She is with the Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan since 1986 and presently the Assistant Professor in the Department. She has 08 publications to her credit in Journals of repute. Her area of interest is microprcessor based instrumentation.

K A Krishnamurthy

K A Krishnamurthy, obtained his BE ('67), and MTech('72) from Mysore University and PhD from IIT, Bombay for his thesis Power Factor Control and Reduction of Line Harmonics in Thyristor Power Converters.

He is with the Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan since 1976 and presently the Principal of the College. He was with the University of Manitoba, Canada and ABB Switzerland on a research assignment for a total period of 4 years.

He has over 60 publications to his credit in the area of power electronics and microprocessor based instrumentation. He was conferred the ISTE—UP State National Award in 1995 and IETE J C Bose Memorial Award in 1996 for his outstanding contributions.