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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2022
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Hoi Ieng Lao, Markham, CA;
Ronen Grosman, Markham, CA;
Yuk Kuen Chan, Markham, CA;
Chung Yin Alan Wong, Toronto, CA;
Dmitri Abrashkevich, Richmond Hill, CA;
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides methods, systems and apparatus for efficient data management in distributed database system. According to an aspect, a method is provided. The method includes relocating a first table and a second table of a database to a first node of the database, wherein the first table and a second table (or one or more tables which have a colocation relationship with the first table) are associated with one or more distribution keys corresponding to one or more columns of the first table and the second table. The method further includes defining a colocation relationship between the first table and the second table based on a distribution key of the one or more distribution keys. The colocation relationship may indicate that data of the first table and the second table that correspond according to the distribution key are to reside on a same node of the database.