PERFORMANCE EVALUATION TOOLS FOR A MULTI-BACKEND DATABASE SYSTEM by

Approved for public release; distribution unlimited 17. DISYSSBUTION STATEMEN11T (of Me sbo aest md to Nook 20, it off.ibIn hem Repose) IS. SUP9LEMNA. " NOTUS 0.KEY WMAN (OwCeie se nuwee alds ameeen m- od.. & by Nme umber) In this thesis, we discuss the development of the necessary tools for the performance evaluation of a multi-backend database system known as MDBS. "4hte b-7sic motivation of the multi-backend data-base system (MDBS) is to develop an architecture which spreads the work of the database system among multiple backends. It is a major aim of this system to allow capacity growth by the use of additional disk drives and performance improvement by the use of Rsiditina atkn, Hnwpupr- to vui'ifv thei (Continued) S/N 0102- LF. 014401 1SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF TmIS PAGE (ibal 32e.e ONi LCUmTV CLASIFICATO OF T1Il PAI (Ue Do & Am.ee ABSTRACT (Continued