Optimistic replicationOptimistic replication, also known as lazy replication, is a strategy for replication, in which replicas are allowed to diverge. Traditional pessimistic replication systems try to guarantee from the beginning that all of the replicas are identical to each other, as if there was only a single copy of the data all along. Optimistic replication does away with this in favor of eventual consistency, meaning that replicas are guaranteed to converge only when the system has been quiesced for a period of time.
Base de données orientée grapheUne base de données orientée graphe est une base de données orientée objet utilisant la théorie des graphes, donc avec des nœuds et des arcs, permettant de représenter et stocker les données. Par définition, une base de données orientée graphe correspond à un système de stockage capable de fournir une adjacence entre éléments voisins : chaque voisin d'une entité est accessible grâce à un pointeur physique. C'est une base de données orientée objet adaptée à l'exploitation des structures de données de type graphe ou dérivée, comme des arbres.
Commitment orderingCommitment ordering (CO) is a class of interoperable serializability techniques in concurrency control of databases, transaction processing, and related applications. It allows optimistic (non-blocking) implementations. With the proliferation of multi-core processors, CO has also been increasingly utilized in concurrent programming, transactional memory, and software transactional memory (STM) to achieve serializability optimistically. CO is also the name of the resulting transaction schedule (history) property, defined in 1988 with the name dynamic atomicity.
Shard (database architecture)A database shard, or simply a shard, is a horizontal partition of data in a database or search engine. Each shard is held on a separate database server instance, to spread load. Some data within a database remains present in all shards, but some appear only in a single shard. Each shard (or server) acts as the single source for this subset of data. Horizontal partitioning is a database design principle whereby rows of a database table are held separately, rather than being split into columns (which is what normalization and vertical partitioning do, to differing extents).
Database transactionA database transaction symbolizes a unit of work, performed within a database management system (or similar system) against a database, that is treated in a coherent and reliable way independent of other transactions. A transaction generally represents any change in a database. Transactions in a database environment have two main purposes: To provide reliable units of work that allow correct recovery from failures and keep a database consistent even in cases of system failure.
Database designDatabase design is the organization of data according to a database model. The designer determines what data must be stored and how the data elements interrelate. With this information, they can begin to fit the data to the database model. A database management system manages the data accordingly. Database design involves classifying data and identifying interrelationships. This theoretical representation of the data is called an ontology. The ontology is the theory behind the database's design.
Distributed transactionA distributed transaction is a database transaction in which two or more network hosts are involved. Usually, hosts provide transactional resources, while the transaction manager is responsible for creating and managing a global transaction that encompasses all operations against such resources. Distributed transactions, as any other transactions, must have all four ACID (atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability) properties, where atomicity guarantees all-or-nothing outcomes for the unit of work (operations bundle).
Forme normale (bases de données relationnelles)Dans une base de données relationnelle, une forme normale désigne un type de relation particulier entre les entités. La normalisation consiste à restructurer une base de données pour respecter certaines formes normales, afin d'éviter la redondance des données (des données apparaissent plusieurs fois) et d'assurer l'intégrité des données. Le but essentiel de la normalisation est d’éviter les anomalies transactionnelles pouvant découler d’une mauvaise modélisation des données et ainsi éviter un certain nombre de problèmes potentiels tels que les anomalies de lecture, les anomalies d’écriture, la redondance des données et la contre-performance.
Base de données orientée documentsUne base de données orientée documents est une base de données destinée aux applications qui gèrent des documents. Egalement nommée "magasin de documents", c'est un programme informatique et un système de stockage de données conçu pour stocker, récupérer et gérer des informations orientées documents, également appelées données semi-structurées. Ce type de bases de données peut être une sur-couche d'une base de données relationnelle ou non. C'est également l'une des principales catégories de bases de données NoSQL.
Read-copy-updateIn computer science, read-copy-update (RCU) is a synchronization mechanism that avoids the use of lock primitives while multiple threads concurrently read and update elements that are linked through pointers and that belong to shared data structures (e.g., linked lists, trees, hash tables). Whenever a thread is inserting or deleting elements of data structures in shared memory, all readers are guaranteed to see and traverse either the older or the new structure, therefore avoiding inconsistencies (e.g.
