Re: [Gnu-arch-users] planning 2.0? (was re: Google...)

[Aldrik KLEBER]

Le Vendredi 21 Avril 2006 00:12, Matteo Settenvini a écrit :
> If I recall correctly, it's an acronym that stands for "Atomicity,
> Consistency, Isolation, Durability".
>
> It's a useful set of properties of many DBMSes (like Oracle, for
> example), in which you have atomic transactions that can be rolled back
> if aren't executed until the end correctly; transactions don't get one
> in each other's way, and once a transaction has been done, it cannot be
> deleted from history (logs always remain), and this protects you also
> against system failures (because logs can be replayed).
>
> The main goal is to ensure data integrity, among other things.
> I guess journaled filesystems also borrowed the idea.
>
> Regards,

Thank you very much !

Aldrik