NonStop Systems Introduction for H-Series RVUs

Integrity NonStop NS-Series Server Architecture
NonStop Systems Introduction for H-Series RVUs—540083-001
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Easy Expansion of Data
improved response time for all users and higher total system throughput of record
updates on all three systems.
Figure 7-10 shows the three partitions of the database. For simplicity, only the author
field of each record is shown. Each partition can have a different system name and
volume name, but all the partitions must have the same subvolume name (PART in the
figure) and file identifier (PARTFILE in the figure). A subvolume is a logical division of a
disk volume. It contains one or more files.
Figure 7-10. A Database Partitioned Across Three Network Nodes
\SYSA.$VOL1 \SYSB.$VOL2 \SYSC.$VOL3
PART.PARTFILE
ALLEN
BAKER
DAVIS
EDWARDS
GOMEZ
PART.PARTFILE
HAN
KELLEY
LOTHAR
NYQUIST
PARIS
PART.PARTFILE
QUINCY
ROX
VARIO
WEST
ZIP
VST098.vsd