Distributed Databases (cont)
Two kinds of distributed databases
- parallel database on a distributed architecture
- single schema, homogeneous DBMSs
- independent databases on a distributed architecture
- independent schemas, heterogeneous DBMSs
The latter are also called federated databases
Ultimately, the distributed database (DDB) provides
- global schema, with mappings from constituent schemas
- giving the impression of a single database
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