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This document provides an overview of the course "Distributed Database Application & System" including: 1. The teaching scheme which allocates 3 hours for theory, 0 hours for tutorials, 2 hours for practical sessions, and a total of 5 hours. Evaluation includes a theory exam, practical exam, mid-semester exam, and internal practical assessment. 2. A list of 7 main topics that will be covered in the course, including distributed database architecture, distributed database design, semantic data control, and query processing. 3. Details of 2 recommended text books and 1 reference book to support learning in the course.

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Distributed Database Application & System

This document provides an overview of the course "Distributed Database Application & System" including: 1. The teaching scheme which allocates 3 hours for theory, 0 hours for tutorials, 2 hours for practical sessions, and a total of 5 hours. Evaluation includes a theory exam, practical exam, mid-semester exam, and internal practical assessment. 2. A list of 7 main topics that will be covered in the course, including distributed database architecture, distributed database design, semantic data control, and query processing. 3. Details of 2 recommended text books and 1 reference book to support learning in the course.

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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
B. E. SEMESTER: VII
Subject Name: Distributed Database Application & System
Subject Code: 171602
Teaching Scheme
Theory

Tutorial

Practical

Total

Sr.
No.
1.

Evaluation Scheme
University Exam
(E)
Theory
Practical
70

30

Mid Sem
Exam
(Theory)
(M)
30

Practical
(Internal)

Course Contents
Introduction.

20

Total Hrs
10

File Systems, Database Management, Motivation, Distributed Computing,


Distributed Computing & What is distributed, What is a Distributed Database
System?, What is not a DDBS?, Centralized DBMS on a Network, Distributed
DBMS Environment, Implicit Assumptions, Shared-Memory Architecture,
Shared-Disk Architecture, Shared-Nothing Architecture, Applications,
Distributed DBMS Promises of DDBS, Transparent Management of
Distributed and Replicated data, Transparencies, Distributed Database - User
View, Distributed DBMS Reality, Potentially Improved Performance,
Complicating Factors, Problem Areas, Parallelism Requirements, System
Expansion, Distributed DBMS Issues, Distributed DBMS Issues, Relationship
Between Issues
2.

Overview of Relational DBMS.

04

Relational database Concepts, normalization, Integrity Rule, Relational data


Languages, Relational DBMS
3.

Review of Computer Networks.

06

Data Communication Concepts, Types of Networks, Protocol Standards,


Broadband Networks Wireless Networks, Internet
4.

Distributed DBMS Architecture.


Architecture, ANSI/SPARC Architecture, Standardization, Conceptual
Schema Definition, Conceptual Schema Definition, Internal Schema
Definition, External View Definition - Example 1, External View Definition -

10

Example 2, DBMS implementation Alternatives, Dimensions of the Problem,


Data logical Distributed DBMS Architecture, Data logical Multi-DBMS
Architecture, Timesharing Access to a Central Database, Multiple
Clients/Single Server , Task Distribution , Advantages of Client-Server
Architectures, Problems With Multiple-Client/Single Server, Multiple
Clients/Multiple Servers, Server-to-Server, Peer-to-Peer Component
Architecture, Components of a Multi-DBMS
5.

Distributed Database Design.

08

Design Problem, Dimensions of the Problem, Distribution Design, Top-Down


Design, Distribution Design Issues, Fragmentation, Fragmentation
Alternatives Horizontal, Fragmentation Alternatives Vertical Degree of
Fragmentation, Correctness of Fragmentation, Allocation Alternatives,
Allocation Model
6.

Semantic Data Control.

08

View management, Views in centralized DBMSs, update through views,


Views in DDBMS, Data Security, centralized Authorization Control,
Distributed Authorization Control, Semantic Integrity Control, Centralized and
Distributed Semantic Integrity Control
7.

Overview of Query Processing.


Query Processing, Query Processing Components , Selecting Alternatives,
What is the Problem?, Cost of Alternatives, Query Optimization Objectives,
Complexity of Relational Operations, Query Optimization Issues , Types of
Optimizers, Query Optimization Issues Optimization Granularity, Query
Optimization Issues Optimization Timing, Query Optimization Issues
,Statistics, Query Optimization Issues, Query Optimization Issues Network
Topology, Distributed Query Processing Methodology, Step Query
Decomposition, Normalization, Analysis, Analysis Example, Analysis
Simplification Example, Restructuring, Transformation Rules, Example :
Equivalent Query, Provides Parallelism, Query Decomposition and Data
Localization. , Optimization of Distributed Queries. , Introduction to
Transaction Management. , Distributed Concurrency Control. , Distributed
DBMS Reliability. , Parallel Database Systems. , Distributed Object Database
Management Systems. , Database Interoperability

08

Text Books:
1. Principles of Distributed database systems, By M. tamer Ozsu, Petrick Valduriez,
Pearson
2. Distributed Database Systems By Chhanda Ray, Pearson.

Reference Books:
1. Distributed Databases:Principles and Systems, Stefano Ceri, McGrawHill

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