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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2008
Richard Ding LI, Somerville, MA (US);
Richard Ding Li, Somerville, MA (US);
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for distributing a database implementation across multiple servers. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving information identifying an implementation of a database having a database schema, identifying the number of database servers to host the database implementation, and analyzing usage characteristics of the database schema. The method further includes distributing the database implementation over the identified number of database servers based on the analysis of the usage characteristics, and providing access to the database implementation for one or more applications, the applications being unaware of the database servers hosting the database implementation.