Patent ID: 7620661
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer database (DB) system, comprising: a database (DB) server comprising an enhanced DB management system (DBMS) that controls access to a permanent storage via a logger utility, the DB server also comprising a facility for receiving one or more commit requests issued from one or more clients to update data within the permanent storage such that each of the plurality of commit requests are performed by an agent within the DB server, and the DB server further comprising a log buffer for temporary storage of data associated with the plurality of commit requests; and a processor associated with the DB server and which executes a plurality of instructions to enable processing means for enabling completion of a storage operation to the permanent storage for data associated with each of the plurality of commit requests which is temporarily stored in the log buffer, wherein a notification of agents waiting on a current list for the completion of the storage operation is performed as a background process without the logger utility incurring a latency of performing said notification, wherein the logger utility is able to initiate a next storage of a data associated with a next commit request to the permanent storage without itself providing said notification of waiting agents, wherein said processing means comprises: