- Hardcover: 1070 pages
- Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers In (30 Sep 1992)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1558601902
- ISBN-13: 978-1558601901
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 5.3 x 24.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 322,696 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The key to client/server computing. 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.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
If you are more than curious about the principles of Transaction Processing(MTS/MSMQ), then this book contains all you will need to know. It goes into considerable depth on the design and implementation strategies of a TP system -all of which is good instuctive reading.
For those on the MTS/MSMQ path, this book was highly recommended by Don Box (rightly, he is in AWE of its content!). Though there are simpler books on just MTS/MSMQ, if you really want to know what is going on under the covers and about the kinds of models and motives behind these products then read this book (Dr Gray works at Microsoft).
If you are new to TP and approaching MTS programming for the first time then DO NOT buy this book yet, start with a basic MTS/MSMQ book(there are plenty to choose from) THEN buy the excellent book by Bernstein(Principles of Transaction Processing) to become a guru THEN buy this book to become enlightened!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Clear description of how to build suitably robust systems on a large scale, starting with the hardware and finishing with the application code. Some of the source data are a bit dated now, but still provide good business examples and sensible analysis to help businesses understand the cost/benefit trade offs.
Crucial reading for all concerned with high-end E-Business solutions.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I know I wouldn't have fully assimilated even half of this book in school: it certainly provides overview material approachable by those of moderate experience, but it will be most appreciated by those who have actually implemented (or are about to implement) much of what it discusses.
Working on a hot new RAID box? Parts of this book will help. How about a file/record/object system? Yup. In either case, more complete references exist (and you'll need them), but the point is that this book really does cover data management from the disk on up in a useful degree of detail.
On the other hand, if you're implementing a transaction manager, this book is both necessary and likely sufficient. Read it first to get started in the right directions, and revisit specific areas as you code - a casual comment is easy to forget if you read it before you fully appreciate its context. The authors acknowledge that there are neat tricks not covered (because they would obscure the core material) that you'd likely want to incorporate once you're sure you really understand their impact, but all the framework, and much of the detail, is included.
Bottom line: If your interest in data management is truly intense, you need this book - it should remain current for quite some time.
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