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Architecture of Database Systems

Course #: CS 634

Description:
Indexing and query optimization in database systems. Writing programs to update a database. ACID properties. Concurrency theory: serializability, 2-phase locking, deadlock detection. Transactional Recovery: REDO and UNDO logging, different checkpoint approaches, media recovery. Examples of recovery utility use in INGRES, ORACLE and DB2. Transactional performance: the TPC-A benchmark, analysis of bottlenecks, and cost-performance considerations. Distributed database systems. Two-phase commit. Database parallelism.

Pre Requisites: Pre-req = CS 430 or 630

Offered in:

2026 Fall

Section Class Number Schedule/Time Instructor Location
01 12722 TuTh
2:00 - 3:15 pm
Papon,Md Tarikul Islam Wheatley-Peters W02-0125
Session: Regular
Class Dates: 09/08/2026 - 12/11/2026
Capacity: 24
Enrolled: 5
Status: Open
Credits: 3/3
Class Notes:
Pre Requisites: Pre-req = CS 430 or 630
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