Project Report for Functionally Distributed Computer Systems Development: Software and Systems Structure. Part II.
Abstract
This is the second and final part of the report of research performed by Kansas State University in multiple processor computer systems and networks. Part I covered the Design Phase of the effort; and this report covers the follow-on implementation, integration, test, and demonstration of a prototype model of the network. The network model consists of a cluster of minicomputers and microcomputers with supporting software. The model has been named MIMICS (MIni-MIcroComputer System) and uses a high-speed vendor-independent data bus, named KSUBUS, that was designed, developed, and built for this network. Network hardware included Interdata's 85, 7/32, 8/32 and IBM 370/158. The principal network software is a message system which is capable of residing in a variety of computers. The hardware independence is achieved by design and by coding the software in Concurrent PASCAL. A specification of a distributed data base management system was developed and implemented in the MIMICS network. A DBMS named TOTAL was used in the prototype. The general problems of DDBMS were studied, and solution syntheses are presented as well as a simulation model for a back-end DBMS. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 07, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA052752
Entities
People
- Virgil E. Wallentine
Organizations
- Kansas State University