redbookcover.gif (13955 bytes) Readings in Database Systems, 3rd Edition

Stonebraker & Hellerstein, eds.

Summary of Logging/Recovery

Recovery Manager guarantees Atomicity & Durability.

Use WAL to allow STEAL/NO-FORCE w/o sacrificing correctness.

LSNs identify log records; linked into backwards chains per transaction (via prevLSN).

pageLSN allows comparison of data page and log records.

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