Patent ID: 11907219
Assignee: OCIENT HOLDINGS LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 4:
5. A node comprises:
a main memory that includes at least one of: volatile memory for storage of data, operational instructions of applications, or operational instructions of operating system, wherein the main memory comprises:
a computing device section that includes a computing device operating system area and a computing device general area; and
a database section that includes a database operating system area, a disk area, a network area, and a database general area;
wherein the database operating system area allocates at least one portion of the main memory for database operations, and wherein the at least one portion of the main memory is locked from access by the computing device operating system area;

and
a plurality of processing core resources, wherein each processing core resource of the plurality of processing core resources comprises:
a corresponding one of a plurality of processing modules of the node;
a corresponding one of a plurality of memory interface modules of the node;
a corresponding one of a plurality of memory devices of the node; and
a corresponding one of a plurality of cache memories of the node;

wherein the node is operable to perform corresponding operations in conjunction with execution of query requests against at least one database table based on the plurality of processing core resources of the node being operable to collectively perform the corresponding operations, and wherein each processing core resource of the plurality of processing core resources of the node is operable to perform operations independently from other ones of the plurality of processing core resources of the node.