Review Questions
| 1. | What do you mean by parallel processing and parallel databases? What are the typical applications of parallel databases? |
| 2. | What are the advantages and disadvantages of parallel databases? |
| 3. | Discuss the architecture of parallel databases. |
| 4. | What is shared-memory architecture? Explain with a neat sketch. What are its benefits and limitations? |
| 5. | What is shared-disk architecture? Explain with a neat sketch. What are its benefits and limitations? |
| 6. | What is shared-nothing architecture? Explain with a neat sketch. What are its benefits and limitations? |
| 7. | Discuss the key elements of parallel processing in brief. |
| 8. | What do you mean by speed-up and scale-up? What is the importance of linearity in speed-up and scale-up? Explain with ... |
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