DECtp

Transaction Processing Systems Handbook

Digital

Publisher: Digital Press, 1990, 150 pages

Keywords: Programming, Databases

Last modified: April 6, 2021, 2:24 p.m.

Digital Equipment Corporation Sales Material

  1. Overview of Transaction Processing
    • Defining Transactions and Transaction Processing
    • The Importance of Transaction Processing
    • The Transaction Processing Style of Computing
    • Digital's Vision of Transaction Processing
      • User Interface
      • Transaction Processing Monitor
      • Application
      • Database Manager
    • Defining Performance
    • Defining Availability
    • Defining the Development Environment
    • Defining Distributed TP
    • Separating TP System Components
    • Ways in Which Distributed TP Applies to Business
    • Handling Application Growth
      • Growth in Length
      • Growth in Width
    • Growth in Depth
    • Growth in Time
    • The Operating System Role
    • Benefits for Digital's Customers
    • Summary
  2. Forms Management
    • Introduction
    • Defining a Video Form
    • How Video Forms Have Evolved
    • The Architecture and Basic Components of the FIMS
    • FIMS Windowing
    • DECforms: Digital's Implementation of the FIMS
    • Summary
  3. Databases
    • Database Design and Business Success
    • Databases Versus Flat Files
    • Facilities of a Database Management System
      • Separating Definitions from the Application
      • Views
      • Operating on Collections of Records
      • Data Integrity
      • Preprocessors and Languages
      • Physical Control
      • Query Languages
    • Database Models
      • Hierarchical Data Model
      • Network Data Model
      • Relational Data Model
        • Advantages of the Relational Model
        • Standards
        • The Digital Relational Database Management System
    • Summary
  4. Availability
    • Applications with High Availability Requirements
    • Cost of System Downtime
    • Real-World Definition of a System
    • System Availability
      • Continuous Operation
      • The Role of Fault Tolerance in Determining System Availability
    • The Range of Availability Required
    • Digital's Current High-Availability Transaction Processing Systems
      • Processing SYstems
      • CI-Based VAXcluster Systemns with DECtp
      • Fault-Tolerant VAX Systems
      • Dual-Host Systems with DECtp Software
      • MIRA High-Availability Systems
      • Tolerance of and Recovery from Communication Faults
      • Recovery from Site Disasters
      • Tolerance of Power Faults
    • Services to Ensure High Availability
    • Achieving High Availability in Practice
    • Examples of Today's Applications
    • Summary
  5. Transaction Processing Software Development
    • Software Development Life Cycle
      • Requirements Definition
      • High-Level Design
      • Detailed Design
      • Code and Unit Test
      • System Integration and Testing
      • Maintenance and Other Activities
    • Transaction Processing Issues in Development
    • The Challenge for CASE
  6. Summary
    • Digital's Strategy
    • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: The Digital DebitCredit Benchmark Methodology and Results
    • DebitCredit Overview
      • Introduction
      • The Environment
      • Transaction Flow
      • The Database
      • Implementation Constraints
      • Terminal Communications
      • Benchmark Metrics
      • General Discussion
    • DebitCredit Guidelines
      • Application Implementation Language
        • Specification
        • Interpretation
      • Terminal Communication
        • Specification
        • Interpretation
      • Database Description, Size, and Location
        • Specification
        • Interpretation
      • Transaction Logic
        • Specification
        • Interpretation
      • Selection of Transaction Data Values
        • Specification
        • Interpretation
      • Numbers of Tellers, Transaction Arrival Rate, and Distribution
        • Specification
        • Interpretation
      • Response Time Requirements and Measurement
        • Specification
        • Interpretation
      • Concurrency Control
        • Specification
        • Interpretation
      • Recovery Mechanisms
        • Specification
        • Interpretation
      • Data Collection Interval
        • Specification
        • Interpretation
      • Determining Cost
        • Specification
        • Interpretation
    • Benchmark Test Methodology
      • Terminal/Front-End Processor Emulation and Communications
      • Tuning, Transaction Generation, and Measurement
        • Tuning
        • Transaction Generation
        • Response Time Measurement
    • Results
      • Acknowledgements
      • References
  • Appendix B: Additional Reading
  • Appendix C: Glossary

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DECtp

Reviewed by Roland Buresund

Decent ****** (6 out of 10)

Last modified: May 21, 2007, 3 a.m.

Digitals TP system explored, is an ad text, without authors or ISBN, but good nevertheless.

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