Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Parallel Query Processing

1. What are the advantages of Parallel Query Processing?
2. What are the main system criteria for Parallel Query Processing?
3. When shouldn't you implement Parallel Query Processing?
4. What needs to be considered for determining the degree of parallelism in oracle server?
5. What is data skew?
6. What is done during the parallelization step in parallel query execution?

Distributed Database Questions

1.  How does the distribution of data across multiple databases effect the normalization process?
2.  What is a distributed database system?
3.  What are the advantages and disadvantages of distributed databases?
4.  What is concurrency control in relation to a distributed database system?
5.  What is/are the main differences between distributed databases and non-distributed databases?

Data Grid Questions

What are the three challenges data grids must overcome?

What are some examples of cloud computing platforms?

What does the map() function do?

What does the reduce() function do?

What are the problems with conventional relational databases in grid computing?

What is required of the data in order to parallelize processing?

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Project Submission

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Monday, April 27, 2009

Congrats 495 Students

Congratulations to the 495 students on such great research this semester. I hope those of you that attended enjoyed the presentations. Some very interesting work.

Final Project Submission

Final project submission information is available at:
http://cs.winona.edu/faculty/nanderson/485/FinalProjectSubmission.doc

Please note that this is due by 8AM next Monday and that no late work will be accepted for the final project. Of course, earlier submission is encouraged.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Rochester CS Club Meeting

The CS club here in Rochester will be meeting at 3:00pm on Monday May 4th in SH 101. There will be officer elections and pizza. If you are interested in being involved in the club next year, please be there.