CHAPTER 13Workload and Connection Management

imagehe fundamental features of a good, scalable database management system include connection and workload balancing of database connections. Efficient management of these connections, once established, is very important. Fault-tolerant services must be provided by the database engine so that users can take appropriate actions as alternatives to failures and errors.

In a large installation, potentially thousands of users could log on or off from a database within a short span of time. An efficient database engine ensures minimal delays in processing their requests and managing the resources used by these ...

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