ACIA, not ACID: Conditions, Properties and Challenges

• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1701.07512
• Publication Date: 2017-01-01
• Authors: Yuqing Zhu; Jianxun Liu; Mengying Guo; Wenlong Ma; Guolei Yi; Yungang Bao
• Keywords: FOS: Computer and information sciences; Computer Science - Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing; 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering; 02 engineering and technology; Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)

Although ACID is the previous golden rule for transaction support, durability now not a basic requirement data storage. Rather, high availability becoming first-class property required by online applications. We show that of almost surely stronger than durability. thus propose ACIA (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Availability) as new standard support. Essentially, shift from to due change assumed conditions management. Four major condition changes exist. With transactions, more diverse requirements can be flexibly supported applications through specification consistency levels, isolation levels and fault tolerance levels. Clarifying properties enables exploitation techniques used well bringing about challenges research.