Patent ID: 7937377
Filing Date: 2011-05-03
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computerized method for implementing a set of database management components in a distributed database management system, the distributed database management system being implemented on a computer cluster, the method comprising: (A) Managing resources associated with an associated computer, the associated computer being one of a plurality of computers in a computer cluster; (B) Managing locks on data stored on a plurality of associated data nodes coupled to the associated computer, wherein the associated data nodes are data nodes of a plurality of data nodes in the computer cluster, wherein access to the data nodes are coordinated directly; (C) wherein the locks managing further comprises: (D) Specifying logical connections for the plurality of associated data nodes, wherein access to the plurality of associated data nodes is determined by the specified logical connections; (E) Enabling a first computer in the computer cluster to access available resources of a second computer in the computer cluster, based on resource availability for the computer cluster represented by a resource manager code, thereby balancing workload in the computer cluster, (F) wherein the first computer enabling further comprises: