The MEDUSA Project: Autonomous Data Management in a Shared-Nothing Parallel Database Machine
Summary: MEDUSA is a shared-nothing parallel DBMS prototype using off-the-shelf hardware (INMOS Transputers) to enable autonomous, self-tuning data management. It provides a reduced SQL92 interface (MedusaSQL) and a backup algorithm for logical files enabling parallel backups with ongoing queries, outlining SQL92 full support and distribution research. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
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Authors
- 1. G. M. Bryan (University of Western Sydney)
- 2. W. E. Moore (Charles Sturt University)
- 3. B. J. Curry (Charles Sturt University)
- 4. K. W. Lodge (Charles Sturt University)
- 5. J. Geyer (Charles Sturt University)
BibTeX Citation
@inproceedings{bryan_sigmod94,
title = {{The MEDUSA Project: Autonomous Data Management in a Shared-Nothing Parallel Database Machine}},
author = {Bryan, G. M. and Moore, W. E. and Curry, B. J. and Lodge, K. W. and Geyer, J.},
series = {{SIGMOD} '94},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} International Conference on Management of Data},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
doi = {10.1145/191839.191955},
url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/191839.191955},
year = {1994}
}
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