Multiphase Coordination Protocol - Parallel Transporter

Teradata Parallel Transporter Operator Programmer Guide

Product
Parallel Transporter
Release Number
15.10
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2018-10-07
dita:id
B035-2435
lifecycle
previous
Product Category
Teradata Tools and Utilities

The multiphase coordination protocol is a scalable, flexible, platform-independent technique that synchronizes the functions of multiple parallel instances of Teradata PT operators.

Common examples of this technique are to use multiple instances of either of the following operators:

  • Producer operator to access a partitioned table, where each instance of the operator is responsible for reading one partition
  • Consumer operator to write data rows to a database using multiple database sessions
  • In either case, the access operator must be written to support multiple instances of itself, and they must all be synchronized so they can share, access, or manage resources in a coordinated fashion under the parallel execution environment.

    The most common coordination methods, such as WAIT, POST, LOCK, UNLOCK, GROUP, and BARRIER functions are usually platform-dependent. They require multiple implementations to support applications in a heterogeneous system environment.

    The Teradata PT multiphase coordination protocol, however, is platform-independent and functions without modification on any platform that supports the Teradata PT infrastructure.