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ACID (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability)

The document discusses ACID properties which guarantee data validity for database transactions despite errors or failures. It describes Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation and Durability which ensure transactions are processed fully or not at all, integrity constraints are maintained, transactions occur independently without interference, and transaction effects persist after failures. It also notes types of failures, ACID drawbacks regarding complexity and emphasis on safety over flexibility, and introduces BASE as an alternative which guarantees availability over consistency.

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ACID (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability)

The document discusses ACID properties which guarantee data validity for database transactions despite errors or failures. It describes Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation and Durability which ensure transactions are processed fully or not at all, integrity constraints are maintained, transactions occur independently without interference, and transaction effects persist after failures. It also notes types of failures, ACID drawbacks regarding complexity and emphasis on safety over flexibility, and introduces BASE as an alternative which guarantees availability over consistency.

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ACID

• ACID
• Transaction
Agenda • Types of Failures
• ACID Drawbacks
• BASE
ACID
• Atomicity
• Consistency
• Isolation
• Durability
• In computer science, ACID is a set of properties of database transactions
intended to guarantee data validity despite errors, power failures.
Transaction
• ACID mainly applies to Transactions
• Transactions are one or more operations that should be treated as a single
operation
• Example – Transfer money from one account to another
Atomicity
• we mean that either the entire transaction takes place at once or doesn’t happen at all.
There is no midway i.e. transactions do not occur partially.
• Each transaction is considered as one unit and either runs to completion or is not
executed at all.
• It involves the following two operations.
• Abort: If a transaction aborts, changes made to the database are not visible.
• Commit: If a transaction commits, changes made are visible.
• Atomicity is also known as the ‘All or nothing rule’.
• Example - Atomicity in Online Ticket Booking Systems
Consistency
• This means that integrity constraints must be maintained so that the database is
consistent before and after the transaction. It refers to the correctness of a
database.
• The total amount before and after the transaction must be maintained.
• Total before T occurs = 500 + 200 = 700.
• Total after T occurs = 400 + 300 = 700.
• Therefore, the database is consistent. Inconsistency occurs in case T1 completes
but T2 fails
Isolation
• This property ensures that multiple transactions can occur concurrently without
leading to the inconsistency of the database state. Transactions occur
independently without interference.
• Changes occurring in a particular transaction will not be visible to any other
transaction until that particular change in that transaction is written to memory
or has been committed.
• let’s say that our account balance is $200. Two transactions for a $100 withdrawal
start at the same time. The transactions run in isolation which guarantees that
when they both complete, we’ll have a balance of $0 instead of $100.
Durability
• This property ensures that once the transaction has completed execution, the
updates and modifications to the database are stored in and written to disk and
they persist even if a system failure occurs.
• These updates now become permanent and are stored in non-volatile memory.
The effects of the transaction, thus, are never lost.
• Example - A system gets crashed after completion of all the operations. If the
system restarts it should preserve the stable state. An amount in account should
be the same before and after the system gets a restart.
Types of Failures
ACID Drawbacks
• Adds complexity and overhead
• More emphasis on data safety than might be necessary
• Particularly difficult with distributed databases
BASE
BASE
• Basically Available – Database appears to work/is available – most of the time
even in the presence of multiple failures.
• This constraint states that the system does guarantee the availability of the data.
• Soft State – Due to the lack of immediate consistency, the data values may
change over time.
• Data may eventually be overwritten with more recent data.
• Eventually Consistent – Data is consistent at some later time- Don’t know when.
• The system will eventually become consistent once it stops receiving input.
Difference between ACID and BASE:
Criteria ACID BASE
Simplicity Simple Complex

Maintenance High Low

Consistency Of Data Strong Weak

Implementation Easy to implement Difficult to implement

Upgrade Harder to upgrade Easy to upgrade

Time required for Less time More time


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