On Using Real-Time Static Locking Protocols for Distributed Real-Time Databases

The use of Static Two Phase Locking Protocols (S2PL) for concurrency control in real-time database systems (RTDBS) has received little attention in the past. Actually, real-time S2PL (RT-S2PL) protocols do possess some desirable features making them suitable for RTDBS, especially for distributed real-time database systems (DRTDBS) in which remote locking is required and distributed deadlock is possible. In this paper, different RT-S2PL protocols are proposed. They differ in their methods of reducing the blocking time of higher priority transactions. Their performance is studied and compared with a real-time dynamic two phase locking protocol (RT-D2PL), called Hybrid Two Phase Locking (Hb2PL). The impact of different system and workload parameters, such as mean inter-arrival time of transactions, number of remote lock requests of a transaction, communication overhead for sending messages, and database size on their performance have been examined. The performance results indicate that the RT-S2PL protocols are suitable for DRTDBS in which the proportion of local locks of a transaction is small and the communication overhead for locking is high.     

Real-time transaction scheduling in database systems

A database system supporting a real-time application, which can be called “a real-time database system (RTDBS)”, has to provide real-time information to the executing transactions. Each RTDB transaction is associated with a timing constraint, usually in the form of a deadline. Efficient resource scheduling algorithms and concurrency control protocols are required to schedule the transactions so as to satisfy both timing constraints and data consistency requirements. In this paper,^† we concentrate on the concurrency control problem in RTDBSs. Our work has two basic goals: real-time performance evaluation of existing concurrency control approaches in RTDBSs, and proposing new concurrency control protocols with improved performance. One of the new protocols is locking-based, and it prevents the priority inversion problem^{, †} by scheduling the data lock requests based on prioritizing data items. The second new protocol extends the basic timestamp-ordering method by involving real-time priorities of transactions in the timestamp assignment procedure. Performance of the protocols is evaluated through simulations by using a detailed model of a single-site RTDBS. The relative performance of the protocols is examined as a function of transaction load, data contention (which is determined by a number of system parameters) and resource contention. The protocols are also tested under various real-time transaction processing environments. The performance of the proposed protocols appears to be good, especially under conditions of high transaction load and high data contention.     

Distributed real time database systems: background and literature review

Today’s real-time systems (RTS) are characterized by managing large volumes of dispersed data making real-time distributed data processing a reality. Large business houses need to do distributed processing for many reasons, and they often must do it in order to stay competitive. So, efficient database management algorithms and protocols for accessing and manipulating data are required to satisfy timing constraints of supported applications. Therefore, new research in distributed real-time database systems (DRTDBS) is needed to investigate possible ways of applying database systems technology to real-time systems. This paper first discusses the performance issues that are important to DRTDBS, and then surveys the research that has been done so far on the issues like priority assignment policy, commit protocols and optimizing the use of memory in non-replicated/replicated environment pertaining to distributed real time transaction processing. In fact, this study provides a foundation for addressing performance issues important for the management of very large real time data and pointer to other publications in journals and conference proceedings for further investigation of unanswered research questions.     

实时数据库的并发控制算法

介绍基于锁的、乐观的和可推测并发控制协议,并对基于PCC协议代表的2PLPA,基于OCC协议代表的OCCBC和WAIT50及基于SCC协议代表的SCC2S和SCCkS的性能进行了评估。在设定实时数据库模式、工作负荷模式以及系统资源后讨论了性能度量下的基线模式、数据争夺容量、松弛因子、严格的截止时间并给出了结论。     

Hybrid protocols using dynamic adjustment of serialization order for real-time concurrency control

Conclusions Time-critical scheduling in real-time database systems has two components: real-time scheduling and concurrency control. While both concurrency control and real-time scheduling are well-developed and well-understood, there is only limited knowledge about the integration of concurrency control and real-time scheduling. Though recently the problem has been studied actively, the proposed solutions are still at an initial stage. A major source of problems in integrating the two is the lack of coordination in the development. They are developed on different objectives and incompatible assumptions (Buchmann 1989).Most of the proposed work for real-time concurrency control employ a simple method to utilize one concurrency control scheme such as 2PL, TO and OCC, and to consider the priority of operations inherited from the timing constraints of transactions in operation scheduling. This method has an inherent disadvantage of being limited by the concurrency control method used as the base. Since neither of pessimistic nor optimistic concurrency control is satisfactory by itself for real-time scheduling, this simple method using only one control can hardly satisfy the timing requirements of RTDBS. Problems such as excessive blocking, wasted restarts, and priority inversion are serious in RTDBS.In this paper, we proposed two real-time transaction scheduling protocols which employ a hybrid approach, i.e., a combination of both pessimistic and optimistic approaches. These protocols make use of a new conflict resolution scheme called dynamic adjustment of serialization order, which supports priority-driven scheduling, and avoids unnecessary aborts.This work was supported in part by ONR, by NRaD, by DOE, and by IBM.     

一种面向混合实时事务调度的并发控制协议

首先给出了一个两层结构的混合实时数据库系统模型,其中支持采用非定期任务调度算法来改进系统的性能．进一步,针对这种模型下混合事务的数据一致性问题,提出了一种新的并发控制协议——MCC-DATI．该协议采用动态优先级驱动的调度算法,通过限制非定期的软实时事务对硬实时事务的阻塞时间,保证硬实时事务的可调度性;同时,采用非定期任务调度算法以及基于时间戳间隔的动态串行化顺序调整机制来减少软实时事务的截止期错失率．仿真实验表明,相对于先前的混合事务的并发控制协议,该协议在不同的系统负载与截止期约束下都能够改进系统的性能。     

Real-time concurrency control in a multiprocessor environment

Although many high-performance computer systems are now multiprocessor-based, little work has been done in real-time concurrency control of transaction executions in a multiprocessor environment. Real-time concurrency control protocols designed for uniprocessor or distributed environments may not fit the needs of multiprocessor-based real-time database systems because of a lower concurrency degree of transaction executions and a larger number of priority inversions. This paper proposes the concept of a priority cap to bound the maximum number of priority inversions in multiprocessor-based real-time database systems to meet transaction deadlines. We also explore the concept of two-version data to increase the system concurrency level and to explore the abundant computing resources of multiprocessor computer systems. The capability of the proposed methodology is evaluated in a multiprocessor real-time database system under different workloads, database sizes and processor configurations. It is shown that the benefits of the priority cap in reducing the blocking time of urgent transactions are far greater than the losses involved in committing less urgent transactions. The idea of two-version data also greatly improves the system performance because of a much higher concurrency degree in the system     

Prescheduling policy for real-time concurrency control: A performance evaluation

A new priority management policy, aprescheduling policy, is proposed. This policy can be applied on any conventional concurrency control protocol to schedule a real-time transaction. Costly preemption is avoided by the prescheduling policy, and parsing dataset of a transaction is not needed. Three widely used conventional concurrency control protocols (dynamic two-phase locking, basic timestamp ordering, and optimistic) are incorporated with the prescheduling policy to form three real-time concurrency control protocols. Performance of the three protocols is evaluated from three different viewpoints: database management systems, protocols, and transaction. From a database management system viewpoint, we show the prescheduling policy can improve the performance of protocols by raising thevalid ratio and reducingrestart counts. In general, two-phase locking with the prescheduling policy performs the best in most cases and yields the best choice for concurrency control in a real-time application. Deciding factors that affect performance of each protocol are identified from protocol viewpoint. Some suggestions are given for writing a timely transaction from the aspect of transaction viewpoint.     

分布式实时数据库并发控制

在集中式实时数据库中，事务并发控制一般采用基于优先级的事务重启或优先级继承．在分布式实时数据库中，由于一个主事务的各参与事务可能分布在多个节点上，事务重启一方面会造成系统资源的极大浪费，另一方面又会加大网络传输的负担．而在优先级继承策略中，被阻塞的高优先级事务的执行完全依赖于阻塞它的低优先级事务，在分布式环境中，事务的执行具有更多的不可确定的因素，这就很难保证被阻塞事务的截止期．本文提出了一种基于数据多映像的并发控制协议，事务因访问数据而形成不同的依赖关系，改变高优先级事务和低优先级事务的依赖关系从而更有利于高优先级事务而又不矢折或阻塞其他事务，从而大大提高事务执行的并发度，更好地满足实时事务的截止期．     

Implementation and modeling of two-phase locking concurrency control—a performance study

Two-phase locking (2PL) is the concurrency control mechanism that is used in most commercial database systems. In 2PL, for a transaction to access a data item, it has to hold the appropriate lock (read or write) on the data item by issuing a lock request. While the way transactions set their lock requests and the way the requests are granted would certainly affect a system's performance, such aspects have not received much attention in the literature. In this paper, a general transaction-processing model is proposed. In this model, a transaction is comprised of a number of stages, and in each stage the transaction can request to lock one or more data items. Methods for granting transaction requests and scheduling policies for granting blocked transactions are also proposed. A comprehensive simulation model is developed from which the performance of 2PL with our proposals is evaluated. Results indicate that performance models in which transactions request locks on an item-by-item basis and use first-come-first-served (FCFS) scheduling in granting blocked transactions underestimate the performance of 2PL. The performance of 2PL can be greatly improved if locks are requested in stages as dictated by the application. A scheduling policy that uses global information and/or schedules blocked transactions dynamically shows a better performance than the default FCFS.     

移动实时嵌套事务的并发控制

在移动计算环境中，事务移动性和无线网络固有的缺陷使得传统分布式实时事务管理机制不足以支持移动实时事务的执行，故有必要为移动实时事务研究新的事务处理机制以提高其成功率．该文着重研究移动实时事务的并发控制机制．首先，该文给出了一个考虑事务定时限制以及移动性的嵌套事务模型．然后，为减少移动分布式环境中解决数据冲突的开销，该文研究了一种结合优先级夭折和优先级继承的基于封锁的并发控制协议PAI-2PL．当高优先级事务被低优先级事务阻塞时，对于相同家族事务，采用优先级继承方法解决冲突；而对于不同家族事务，则夭折重启低优先级事务．另外，为减少由于断接所引起的无效阻塞，PAI-2PL允许低优先级事务夭折处于断接状态的高优先级事务．通过性能测试，表明所提出的事务模型及并发控制机制能提高实时事务的成功率．     

NCS中实时数据库的多版本并发控制研究

实时数据库是网络控制系统(NCS)的重要组成部分,是整个控制系统中数据交换的平台。本文在原有的两段锁机制的基础上,提出一种适用于多版本的两段锁并发控制方法。简述数据多版本给现场控制带来的不利影响。分析在数据多版本的情况下,现场事务的可串行性,用多版本并发控制协议MV2PL解决多版本并发控制问题。用简化的多版本并发协议2V2PL说明它的正确性,并通过实例表明该协议是可行的。     

一种实时数据库事务处理策略的应用

通过对实时事务特点的分析和对实时数据库中事务处理策略的研究,提出了一种把优先级分配策略与定时调度策略相结合的实时事务调度策略,并融合快照机制与优先级分配策略建立了一种新的基于乐观法的并发控制策略。将这种策略应用于一个实时系统的实时数据库,系统的性能和稳定性明显提高。实验结果表明所给出的新策略及方法的正确性和有效性。     

并行数据库实时多版本并发控制协议性能研究

随着对实时数据库事务处理性能要求的不断提高 ,将并行数据库和实时数据库相结合的并行实时数据库将成为新的发展方向 .然而通常的实时多版本并发控制协议不适合并行数据库的无共享结构 .比较了几种并发控制协议在无共享结构下的性能 ,该文提出了一种并行实时多版本并发控制协议 .它能有效地减少事务的重启 ,降低事务的错过率 .在长短事务混合的情况下 ,它的性能比其它的并发控制协议更好 .同时 ,它具有更好的可扩展性 .作者利用仿真模型对该协议进行了性能测试 ,与其它协议进行了比较 ,并分析了实验结果 ,仿真实验结果表明该协议性能良好     

实时主动数据库有效性检查并发控制协议

在实时主动数据库中,事务不仅有时间约束,而且事务执行可能触发其它事务执行。传统并发控制协议不适应于实时主动数据库系统。该文研究了实时主动数据库事务执行模式,提出了有效性检查并发控制协议。协议使用动态调整串行次序策略,避免不必要的事务重启动。通过仿真模拟与HP2PL协议和OCC-TI-WAIT-50协议进行了比较。结果表明,该协议能有效地降低事务延误截止时间率和事务重启动率,性能优于HP2PL和OCC-TI-WAIT-50协议。     

Processing real-time transactions in a replicated database system

A database system supporting a real-time application has to provide real-time information to the executing transactions. Each real-time transaction is associated with a timing constraint, typically in the form of a deadline. It is difficult to satisfy all timing constraints due to the consistency requirements of the underlying database. In scheduling the transactions it is aimed to process as many transactions as possible within their deadlines. Replicated database systems possess desirable features for real-time applications, such as a high level of data availability, and potentially improved response time for queries. On the other hand, multiple copy updates lead to a considerable overhead due to the communication required among the data sites holding the copies. In this paper, we investigate the impact of storing multiple copies of data on satisfying the timing constraints of real-time transactions. A detailed performance model of a distributed database system is employed in evaluating the effects of various workload parameters and design alternatives on the system performance. The performance is expressed in terms of the fraction of satisfied transaction deadlines. A comparison of several real-time concurrency control protocols, which are based on different approaches in involving timing constraints of transactions in scheduling, is also provided in performance experiments. Recommended by: A. ElmagarmidThis work was initiated while the author was at the Computer Science Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.     

Evaluation of concurrency control strategies for mixed soft real-time database systems

Previous research in real-time concurrency control mainly focuses on the schedulability guarantee of hard real-time transactions and the reduction of the miss rate of soft real-time transactions. Although many new database applications have significant response time requirements, not much work has been done in the joint scheduling of traditional non-real-time transactions and soft real-time transactions. In this paper, we study the concurrency control problems in mixed soft real-time database systems, in which both non-real-time and soft real-time transactions exist simultaneously. The objectives are to identify the cost and the performance tradeoff in the design of cost-effective and practical real-time concurrency control protocols, and to evaluate their performance under different real-time and non-real-time supports. In particular, we are interested in studying the impacts of different scheduling approaches for soft real-time transactions on the performance of non-real-time transactions. Instead of proposing yet another completely new real-time concurrency control protocol, our objective is to design an efficient integrated concurrency control method based on existing techniques. We propose several methods to integrate the well-known two phase locking and optimistic concurrency control with the aims to meet the deadline requirements of soft real-time transactions and, at the same time, to minimize the impact on the performance of non-real-time transactions. We have conducted a series of experiments based on a sanitized version of stock trading systems to evaluate the performance of both soft real-time and non-real-time transactions under different real-time supports in the system.     

一种基于移动环境的混合乐观实时事务处理策略

随着移动计算技术的快速发展，移动环境下涉及到实时事务处理的应用需求正逐渐增长．由于移动环境下固有特性：高的网络延迟、频繁的断接性和移动性等，采用传统的事务处理技术，在移动环境下很难满足事务的截止期要求．提出了一种基于高优先级两段锁的混合乐观实时事务并发控制协议(HORTCC—SHP2PL)．该协议在移动实时事务处理中将乐观并发控制和高优先级两段锁结舍起来，利用两阶段提交协议实现移动实时事务的全局提交．为了进一步减少移动实时事务重启的数目．在并发控制协议中引入了相似性的概念．仿真实验显示．与分布式高优先级两段锁(HP2PL)比较，HORTCC—SHP2PL明显地减少了实时事务错过截止期的比率，提高了事务的并发度，能更好的满足移动实时事务截止期的要求．     

小卫星地面自动测试系统中实时数据库事务优先级分配算法

小卫星自动化测试是提高测试效率、缩短研制周期、降低研制成本和保证可靠性的重要手段. 针对测试数据量大、类型复杂和实时性要求高等特点, 设计了小卫星自动测试系统实时数据库方案. 建立测试数据相关的实时数据库事务调度模型, 并在该模型基础上设计了异常数据优先的事务优先级分配算法(Abnormal datafirst, ADF). 最后应用数学仿真验证了ADF分配算法的执行效率、正确性和有效性. 本文建立的事务调度模型和优先级分配算法兼顾测试数据自身特点和实时性要求, 尤其注重异常数据的处理, 从而提高了测试的全面性和准确性.     

实时数据库事务的研究与实现

根据设计的实时数据库操作类型,对实时事务进行了分类,时间性是实时事务重要属性,提供了实时事务的时间性、原子性、并发性以及优先级分配的策略,对实时事务进行有效的调度。