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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1997
Michael James Hill, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Thomas Pearson Cooper, New Brighton, MN (US);
Dennis Richard Konrad, Welch, MN (US);
Thomas L Nowatzki, Shoreview, MN (US);
Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for organizing and managing recovery information on a per-transaction basis using distinct memory structures is provided. A transaction processing system includes one or more transaction request units for initiating data transactions with a database. A memory architecture includes storage modules to store transaction recovery information that is used in recovering from a transaction processing failure, and further includes transaction descriptor memory structures each of which correspond to a distinct transaction. The transaction descriptors allow access to the transaction recovery information to be isolated from other transaction recovery information. A control information field in each transaction descriptor stores a transaction identifier that identifies the distinct transaction to which it corresponds. The transaction descriptor also includes multiple information address fields, each of which includes a pointer to one of the storage modules that stores part of the transaction recovery information associated with the transaction identifier.