Improving Data Management in a Distributed Environment
Hassan I. Abdalla
Journal of Digital Information Management, Vol. 9, No. 3, 2011.
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Link: http://dline.info/fpaper/jdim/v9i3/5.pdf
Abstract:
Users of distributed systems often detect performance problems of different types and sources which can sometimes be difficult to trace down to a specific cause due to the complex structure of distributed systems. However, determining the source of the performance problem is highly critical in finding an efficient solution. Managing data fragments on different nodes is one of the major sources of such a problem and is considered as a big challenge facing system developers and designers in a distributed environment. This paper contributes in deciding on the most efficient possible allocation alternatives for data partitions in a distributed environment based on the access patterns and the cost data manipulation.