Pre-defined hardware and software bundle ready for database applications
First Claim
1. A database appliance, comprising:
- a database server;
a special purpose operating system having a set of components that include some, but not all, components of a general purpose operating system, whose configuration is dictated based on a set of services required by the database server; and
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;
wherein the database server is a special purpose database server;
wherein features and configuration of the special purpose operating system are dictated by the special purpose database server and supporting components;
wherein the special purpose database server is specially adapted based upon the services required by a specific type of database usage;
wherein said type of database usage is one of an online transaction processing application or an online analytical processing application;
wherein said database appliance is configured with an amount of resources dedicated to I/O services that is based on whether said specific type of database usage is an online transaction processing application or an online analytical processing application; and
wherein said database appliance is configured with an amount of resources dedicated to computational services that is based upon whether said specific type of database usage is an online transaction processing application or an online analytical processing application.
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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.
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21 Claims
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1. A database appliance, comprising:
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a database server; a special purpose operating system having a set of components that include some, but not all, components of a general purpose operating system, whose configuration is dictated based on a set of services required by the database server; and 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; wherein the database server is a special purpose database server; wherein features and configuration of the special purpose operating system are dictated by the special purpose database server and supporting components; wherein the special purpose database server is specially adapted based upon the services required by a specific type of database usage; wherein said type of database usage is one of an online transaction processing application or an online analytical processing application; wherein said database appliance is configured with an amount of resources dedicated to I/O services that is based on whether said specific type of database usage is an online transaction processing application or an online analytical processing application; and wherein said database appliance is configured with an amount of resources dedicated to computational services that is based upon whether said specific type of database usage is an online transaction processing application or an online analytical processing application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for constructing a database appliance, comprising:
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installing, on a computer readable medium accessible to one or more processors, a database server; generating a set of components of a special purpose operating system by removing one or more features of a general purpose operating system that are not required to provide a set of services required by the database server; and installing, on the computer readable medium, the special purpose operating system; wherein the set of components include some, but not all, components of the general purpose operating system; wherein configuration of the special purpose operating system is dictated based on the set of services. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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