Hello drstanl:

======= At 2004-01-31, 20:05:00 drstanl wrote: =======

>I've not heard of "MGA architecture" and a Google
>produces a lot of noise. If it is something that can be explained
>(conceputally, at least) in a sentence or two, I'd be happy to be
>educated.

M(ulti) G(enerational) A(rchitecture).

For "brief" exlanation, try here:
http://www.consist.it/INTERB.TXT
see section: ARCHITECTED FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE WITH NO WAITING

and from :
http://www.ypsolog.com/docs/comp/other/firebird.html

> MGA?
>
> The InterBase server implements a Multi-Generational Architecture
> [MGA]. This MGA provides unique 'versioning' capabilities that result
> in high data availability for transaction processing users and
> decision-support users simultaneously.
>
> Traditional database servers support the On-Line Transaction
> Processing (OLTP) model of database interaction, with many short,
> simple transactions. The InterBase MGA engine performs well on short
> OLTP-style transactions, but it excels in real world applications,
> outperforming other databases because concurrent long-duration,
> decision-support transactions do not degrade its performance.

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Best regards.
Jim McKay
JMcKay@...
2004-01-31 12:24:02





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