WebView Materialization
DocUID: 2000-003 Full Text:
PDF Author: Alexandros Labrinidis, Nick Roussopoulos
Abstract: A WebView is a web page automatically created from base data typically stored in a DBMS. Given the multi-tiered architecture behind database-backed web servers, we have the option of materializing a WebView inside the DBMS, at the web server, or not at all, always computing it on the fly (virtual). SinceWebViews must be up to date, materialized WebViews are immediately refreshed with every update on the base data. In this paper we compare the three materialization policies (materialized inside the DBMS, materialized at the web server and virtual) analytically, through a detailed cost model, and quantitatively, through extensive experiments on an implemented system. Our results indicate that materializing at the web server is a more scalable solution and can facilitate an order of magnitude more users than the virtual and materialized inside the DBMS policies, even under high update workloads.
Published In: Proc. of the 19th ACM International Conference on Management of Data
ISBN: 1-58113-217-4
Pages: pp. 367-378
Place Published: Dallas, Texas, USA
Year Published: 2000
Note: DOI:10.1145/342009.335430
Project: Others Subject Area: Web Databases
Publication Type: Conference Paper
Sponsor: Others
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