Transaction Processing: Concepts and Techniques (Hardcover)

Transaction processing techniques are deeply ingrained in the fields of  
databases and operating systems and are used to monitor, control and update  
information in modern computer systems. This book will show you how large,  
distributed, heterogeneous computer systems can be made to work reliably.  
Using transactions as a unifying conceptual framework, the authors show how  
to build high-performance distributed systems and high-availability  
applications with finite budgets and risk.  
 
 
The authors provide detailed explanations of why various problems occur as  
well as practical, usable techniques for their solution. Throughout the book,  
examples and techniques are drawn from the most successful commercial and  
research systems. Extensive use of compilable C code fragments demonstrates  
the many transaction processing algorithms presented in the book. The book  
will be valuable to anyone interested in implementing distributed systems  
or client/server architectures.

Contents

1 INTRODUCTION  
2 BASIC COMPUTER SCIENCE TERMINOLOGY  
3 FAULT TOLERANCE  
4 TRANSACTION MODELS  
5 TRANSACTION PROCESSING MONITORS - An Overview  
6 TRANSACTION PROCESSING MONITORS  
7 ISOLATION CONCEPTS  
8 LOCK IMPLEMENTATION  
9 LOG MANAGER  
10 TRANSACTION MANAGER CONCEPTS  
11 TRANSACTION MANAGER STRUCTURE  
12 ADVANCED TRANSACTION MANAGER TOPICS  
13 FILE AND BUFFER MANAGEMENT  
14 THE TUPLE-ORIENTED FILE SYSTEM  
15 ACCESS PATHS  
16 SURVEY OF TP SYSTEMS