Distributed database management system

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A distributed database management system is a software system that permits the management of the distributed database and makes the distribution transparent to the users. A distributed database is a collection of multiple, logically interrelated databases distributed over a computer network. Sometimes distributed database system is used to refer jointly to the distributed database and the distributed DBMS.

Distributed database management systems can be architected as client-server systems or peer-to-peer ones. In the former, one or more servers manage the database and handle user queries that are passed on by the clients. The clients usually have limited database functionality and normally pass the SQL queries over to the servers for processing. In peer-to-peer systems, each site has equal functionality for processing.

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Topics in database management systems (DBMS) ( view • talk • edit )
Concepts Database • Database model • Relational database • Relational model • Relational algebra • Primary key, Foreign key, Surrogate key, Superkey, Candidate key • Database normalization • Referential integrity • Relational DBMS • Distributed DBMS • ACID
Objects Trigger • View • Table • Cursor • Log • Transaction • Index • Stored procedure • Partition	Topics in SQL Select • Insert • Update • Merge • Delete • Join • Union • Create • Drop
Implementations of database management systems
Types of implementations Relational • Flat file • Deductive • Dimensional • Hierarchical • Object oriented • Temporal • XML data stores	Components Query language • Query optimizer • Query plan • ODBC • JDBC
Database products
Apache Derby • Berkeley DB • Caché • DB2 • db4o • DBase • eXtremeDB • Filemaker Pro • Firebird • Greenplum • H2 • Helix • Informix • Ingres • InterBase • Linter • Microsoft Access • Microsoft SQL Server • Mimer SQL • MonetDB • MySQL • Objectivity/DB • OpenLink Virtuoso • OpenOffice.org Base • Oracle • Oracle Rdb • Paradox • Perst • PostgreSQL • SQLite • Sybase IQ • Sybase • Teradata • UniVerse • Visual FoxPro Other: Object-oriented (comparison) • relational (comparison)

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M. T. Özsu and P. Valduriez, Principles of Distributed Database Systems (2nd edition), Prentice-Hall, 1999, ISBN 0-13-659707-6