Method and system for parallelizing database requests
US9171044B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 7, 2010 |
| Grant date | Oct 27, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 24, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/24549
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and systems are described for applying the use of shards within a single memory address space. A database request is processed by providing the request from a client to a processor, the processor then distributing the request to multiple threads within a single process but executing in a shared memory address environment, wherein each thread performs the request on a distinct shard, and aggregating the results of the multiple threads being aggregated and returning a final result to the client. By parallelizing operations in this way, the request response time can be reduced and the total amount of communication overhead can be reduced.
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