Date of Award

1991

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

Information Systems and Decision Sciences (Business Administration)

First Advisor

Helmut Schneider

Abstract

Growth in the size of a database is reflected in deterioration of database performance. Since deterioration is related to the structure of the file, the performance efficiency involves the design of a physical database and the proper management of it. This research addresses a modeling procedure of a physical database design considering both records insertions and deletions. The model describes the behavior of a physical database in a VSAM file environment, and is extended to the issue of database reorganization through a cost analysis. The cost of accessing the database increases due to the physical disorganization of the database caused by records updates and insertions. A cost function that describes this excess cost is defined. As a remedy of the performance deterioration, database reorganization is required. Optimum reorganization points are obtained as a tradeoff between the excessive costs and the reorganization cost. Numerical examples based on the characteristics of IBM 3380 are given.

Pages

115

DOI

10.31390/gradschool_disstheses.5192

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