Pre-defined hardware and software bundle ready for database applications

• US 20060004779A1
• Filed: 08/23/2005
• Published: 01/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Chen, Jane, Ou, Yuanjiang, Malla, Venkat, Venkataraman, Ramkumar, Rossiter, Jay, Bhaduri, Pari, Stowell, David, Olagappan, Muthu, Sivakumar, Thivakaram Prakash
• Granted Patent: US 7,610,268 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/21 Design, administration or maintenance of databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/70 Software maintenance or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/46 Multiprogramming arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99932 Access augmentation or optimizing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 Recoverability

Abstract

A database system that incorporates numerous features that reduce the total cost of maintaining the database system is provided. The database system includes a database appliance that executes a database server on a platform that includes a special purpose operating system specifically tailored to the services required by the database server. The hardware may also be specially tailored to the services required by the database server. The database sever may be generated from another database server by modifying the code of the other database server optimize the code for execution on said database appliance. According to another aspect, the database appliance includes an operating system and a database server generated from another database server by modifying the code of the other database server optimize the code for execution on said database appliance.

Claims

1. A database appliance, comprising:

an operating system; and

a database server generated from another database server by modifying the code of said other database server to optimize the code for execution on said database appliance,

wherein the database server obtains services of said operating system by making calls to said operating system during execution of said database server.

2. The database appliance of claim 1, wherein said operating system is a special purpose operation system whose code has been optimized for use as part of said database appliance.

3. The database appliance of claim 1, further comprising:

a self-configuration module that is capable of performing the steps of;

detecting an environment in which the database appliance is being used; and

configuring the database appliance based upon the detected environment.

4. The database appliance of claim 1, wherein the database appliance allocates a CPU share for a process and assigns a priority to the process based on the changing resource demands associated with the process.

5. A method for constructing a database appliance, comprising:

installing on a computer readable medium accessible to one or more processors an operating system; and

installing on the computer readable medium a database server generated from another database server by modifying the code of said other database server to optimize the code for execution on said database appliance,

wherein the database server obtains services of said operating system by making calls to said operating system during execution of said database server.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said operating system is a special purpose operation system whose code has been optimized for use as part of said database appliance.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the method further comprises:

installing on the computer readable medium a self-configuration module that is capable of performing the steps of;

detecting an environment in which the database appliance is being used; and

configuring the database appliance based upon the detected environment.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the database appliance allocates a CPU share for a process and assigns a priority to the process based on the changing resource demands associated with the process.