Transaction Processing

• C. Mohan Donald J. Haderle Bruce G. Lindsay Hamid Pirahesh Peter M. Schwarz. ARIES: A Transaction Recovery Method Supporting Fine-Granularity Locking and Partial Rollbacks Using Write-Ahead Logging. ACM Trans. Database Syst., 17(1), 1992, 94-162. We are reading this paper because it gives a good example of a transaction processing method that most modern transaction processing methods are based upon. A few hints on reading this paper:
  • In section 1.2, don't worry about any of the locks other than S and X (e.g., don't worry about IX, IS, or SIX locks). Also don't worry about the differences between latches and locks.
  • there are definitions in section 4.1 that may help with understanding section 3.
  • Ignore all of the "code" (e.g., Figure 10) unless it helps you.
  • You may skip sections 5.3, 6.4, 8, 9, 10.2, 10.3, and 11

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