Off-loading star join operations to a storage server
First Claim
1. A method for off-loading star join operations from a host information processing system to a storage server, the method on the storage server comprising:
- determining, at a storage server, that at least one portion of a query execution plan comprising a plurality of steps to access data in a data store on the storage server is to be off-loaded from a host information processing system to the storage server, wherein the host information processing system is separate and distinct from the storage server;
offloading the at least one portion of the query execution plan from the host information processing system to the storage server, the offloading comprising at least;
receiving, at the storage server from the host information processing system, at least a first set of keys from a first dimension table and at least a second set of keys from a second dimension table, wherein each of the first and second set of keys are associated with at least one fact table;
receiving, at the storage server from the host information processing system, a set of locations associated with a set of foreign key indexes;
traversing, at the storage server in response to the receiving, a set of fact table indexes;
identifying, at the storage server in response to the traversing, at least a first set of Row Identifiers (“
RIDs”
) associated with the first set of keys and at least a second set of RIDs associated with the second set of keys;
performing, at the storage server, an operation on the first set of RIDs and the second set of RIDs to identify an intersecting set of RIDs; and
storing, at the storage server, the intersecting set of RIDs.
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Abstract
A method, storage server, and computer readable medium for off-loading star-join operations from a host information processing system to a storage server. At least a first and second set of keys from a first and second dimension table, respectively are received from a host system. Each of the first and second set of keys is associated with at least one fact table. A set of locations associated with a set of foreign key indexes are received from the host system. A set of fact table indexes are traversed. At least a first set of Row Identifiers (“RIDs”) associated with the first set of keys and at least a second set of RIDs associated with the second set of keys are identified. An operation is performed on the first and second sets of RIDs to identify an intersecting set of RIDs. The intersecting set of RIDs are then stored.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for off-loading star join operations from a host information processing system to a storage server, the method on the storage server comprising:
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determining, at a storage server, that at least one portion of a query execution plan comprising a plurality of steps to access data in a data store on the storage server is to be off-loaded from a host information processing system to the storage server, wherein the host information processing system is separate and distinct from the storage server; offloading the at least one portion of the query execution plan from the host information processing system to the storage server, the offloading comprising at least; receiving, at the storage server from the host information processing system, at least a first set of keys from a first dimension table and at least a second set of keys from a second dimension table, wherein each of the first and second set of keys are associated with at least one fact table; receiving, at the storage server from the host information processing system, a set of locations associated with a set of foreign key indexes; traversing, at the storage server in response to the receiving, a set of fact table indexes; identifying, at the storage server in response to the traversing, at least a first set of Row Identifiers (“
RIDs”
) associated with the first set of keys and at least a second set of RIDs associated with the second set of keys;performing, at the storage server, an operation on the first set of RIDs and the second set of RIDs to identify an intersecting set of RIDs; and storing, at the storage server, the intersecting set of RIDs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A storage server for off-loading star-join operations from a host information processing system, the storage server comprising:
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a processor; a memory communicatively coupled to the processor; a data store communicatively coupled to the memory and the processor; and an off-load manager communicatively coupled to the processor and the memory, wherein the off-load manager is adapted to; determine that at least one portion of a query execution plan comprising a plurality of steps to access data in the data store is to be off-loaded from a host information processing system to the storage server, wherein the host information processing system is separate and distinct from the storage server; offloading the at least one portion of the query execution plan from the host information processing system to the storage server, the offloading comprising at least; receiving, from a host information processing system, at least a first set of keys from a first dimension table and at least a second set of keys from a second dimension table, wherein each of the first and second set of keys are associated with at least one fact table; receiving, from the host information processing system, a set of locations associated with a set of foreign key indexes; traversing, in response to the receiving the set of locations, a set of fact table indexes; identifying, in response to the traversing the set of fact table indexes, at least a first set of Row Identifiers (“
RIDs”
) associated with the first set of keys and at least a second set of RIDs associated with the second set of keys;performing an operation on the first set of RIDs and the second set of RIDs to identify an intersecting set of RIDs; and storing the intersecting set of RIDs. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program storage product stored on a computer readable storage medium for off-loading star join operations from a host information processing system to a storage server, the computer program storage product comprising instructions for:
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determining, at a storage server, that at least one portion of a query execution plan comprising a plurality of steps to access data in a data store on the storage server is to be off-loaded from a host information processing system to the storage server, wherein the host information processing system is separate and distinct from the storage server; offloading the at least one portion of the query execution plan from the host information processing system to the storage server, the offloading comprising at least; receiving at the storage server, from a host information processing system, at least a first set of keys from a first dimension table and at least a second set of keys from a second dimension table, wherein each of the first and second set of keys are associated with at least one fact table; receiving at the storage server, from the host information processing system, a set of locations associated with a set of foreign key indexes; traversing at the storage server, in response to the receiving, a set of fact table indexes; identifying at the storage server, in response to the traversing, at least a first set of Row Identifiers (“
RIDs”
) associated with the first set of keys and at least a second set of RIDs associated with the second set of keys;performing at the storage server an operation on the first set of RIDs and the second set of RIDs to identify an intersecting set of RIDs; and sending by the storage server, the intersecting set of RIDs to the host information processing system. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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