Client Data Caching: A Foundation for High Performance Object Database Systems

Despite the significant ongoing work in the development of new database systems, many of the basic architectural and performance tradeoffs involved in their design have not previously been explored in a systematic manner. The designers of the various systems have adopted a wide range of strategies in areas such as process structure, client—server interaction, concurrency control, transaction management, and memory management.
This monograph investigates several fundamental aspects of the e...