Using Grid Files for a Relational Database Management System

TL;DR

This paper explores the implementation and evaluation of grid files as the primary storage method in a relational database system, focusing on efficiency strategies and query performance assessment.

Contribution

It introduces specific strategies for efficiently implementing grid files and evaluates their effectiveness in query processing within a relational database.

Findings

Effective implementation strategies for grid files are identified.

Query evaluation methods for grid file-organized databases are analyzed.

Performance benefits of grid files in relational databases are demonstrated.

Abstract

This paper describes our experience with using Grid files as the main storage organization for a relational database management system. We primarily focus on the following two aspects. (i) Strategies for implementing grid files efficiently. (ii) Methods for efficiency evaluating queries posed to a database organized using grid files.