Multiphase Coordination Protocol
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:
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.