Interprocessor Communication Support in the Omega Parallel Database System

Interprocessor communication is one of the ultimate factors affecting the performance of parallel DBMSs for massively parallel computer systems. This paper presents a hierarchical architecture of parallel DBMS Omega which allows to manage the problem of interprocessor communication. The paper describes a message system designed for DBMS Omega. This message system consists of two self-contained subsystems: Ω-Conductor and Ω-Router. The Omega system is a prototype of the parallel database machine elaborated for MVS-100 massively parallel computer system. Omega project is developed in Chelyabinsk State University (Russia).