Analysis of a Hypercube Multicomputer as a Database Machine
01 January 1989
The NCUBE multicomputer is evaluated as a database machine. Simulation is used to compare the performance of the NCUBE against the results obtained from Teradata and Gamma systems in {DEWI87} and {DEWI87b} using the extended Wisconsin benchmark. Since the NCUBE is not designed for the specific purpose of data management, it provides no standard algorithms for relational operations. Algorithms for hypercubes in general were presented in {BARU87}. New algorithms are presented for the equi-join and sort, and compared against those in {BARU87} in the execution of the benchmark.