TiDB is a prime example of an intrinsically scalable and reliable distributed SQL database architecture. Here’s how it works. In the good old days, databases had a relatively simple job: help with the ...

The evolution of software architecture is contributing to increasing energy consumption.

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Client/Server distribution and the nature of the client (end user device) itself are important factors in understanding distributed architecture. If the client just features a UI, the server is doing ...

Application sharing between a client, middleware and enterprise server Application sharing between a client, application server and enterprise database server.

Transaction processing against relational databases may not be the focus of the datacenter, as it was when IBM created the first relational database and Oracle was founded to compete against it in the ...

Before looking at the details of the Oracle database server architecture, let’s look at why so many companies chose this method for their needs. Oracle is the market leader in relational databases ...