Processes + Transactions = Distributed Applications

Title Processes + Transactions = Distributed Applications
Author(s) G. Alonso
Type inproceedings
Booktitle Proceedings of High Performance Transaction Processing Systems Workshop 1997. (Also in MiddlewareSpectra, vol.11, no.4)
Asilomar, California, USA
Organization Institute for Information Systems, ETH Zürich
Month September
Year 1997

Abstract

In this short paper, it is argued that the notion of process, augmented with transactional properties, can be a very powerful tool for designing and developing distributed applications over clusters of PCs and workstations. This is done by first defining the type of distributed applications being targeted, showing how the notion of process supports such applications, and finally pointing out the role transaction must play to complement the notion of process. The paper concludes with an overview of how these systems may evolve.
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