Preliminary Simulations of a SCI based Clustered Database Machine
Haakon Bryhni, Stein Gjessing · 1992
High performance database machines can be built by connecting several traditional database machines into a clustered database machine (CDM). We outline a CDM architecture and present preliminary simulation results based on the shared memory multiprocessor standard Scalable Coherent Interface (SCI - IEEE Std. 1596-1992). Synthetic workloads have been calculated, using the characteristics of TPC-B and frequently used operating system operations. The results of the simulations are system bus load and interconnect throughput and latencies as a function of the applied traffic. The simulations are preformed to support current activities in building working prototypes of SCI-based NUMA Database Machines.