Oracle7 Server Distributed Systems Volume I: Distributed Data
CHAPTER 1. Understanding Distributed Systems
This chapter introduces the concepts behind distributed systems and explains how the client-server model, networks, and distributed databases can create an efficient distributed environment. Replication issues (basic replication, the advanced replication option, among others) are discussed in Oracle7 Server Distributed Systems, Volume II.
This chapter covers the following topics:
- Oracle7 Server and the client-server model
- introduction to distributed systems
- SQL Statement execution in a distributed system
It is assumed that you are familiar with the concepts and terminology in the Oracle7 Server Concepts manual. Much detailed information is also provided in the Oracle7 Server Administrator's Guide, and other Oracle7 Server documentation. For introductory Networking issues, you should be familiar with Understanding SQL*Net.
Information in this book is relevant only to Oracle7 Server, release 7.3 and higher with the distributed option.