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ACID Property With Two Phase Commit

The Two Phase Commit (2PC) protocol achieves the ACID properties of atomicity, consistency, and durability across multiple databases in distributed transactions. It does this through a two phase process where in the first phase the coordinator asks participants to prepare for commit, and in the second phase the coordinator instructs all participants to either commit or abort based on responses in the first phase. This ensures either all participants commit or all abort, maintaining atomicity and consistency. Durability is achieved through the coordinated commit process and acknowledgments from participants.

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ACID Property With Two Phase Commit

The Two Phase Commit (2PC) protocol achieves the ACID properties of atomicity, consistency, and durability across multiple databases in distributed transactions. It does this through a two phase process where in the first phase the coordinator asks participants to prepare for commit, and in the second phase the coordinator instructs all participants to either commit or abort based on responses in the first phase. This ensures either all participants commit or all abort, maintaining atomicity and consistency. Durability is achieved through the coordinated commit process and acknowledgments from participants.

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ACID Property with two phase commit

The ACID properties (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability)


are fundamental requirements for ensuring the reliability and
integrity of transactions in a database. The TwoPhase Commit
(2PC) protocol is a distributed transaction protocol designed to
ensure these ACID properties across multiple databases or
resource managers. Here's how the TwoPhase Commit protocol
achieves ACID properties:

1. Atomicity:
The 2PC protocol achieves atomicity by breaking the transaction
commitment process into two phases:

Phase 1 Prepare Phase: In this phase, the transaction coordinator


(often referred to as the coordinator) contacts all participating
databases or resource managers (participants) and asks them to
prepare for committing the transaction. Participants perform
necessary checks and validations to ensure they can commit the
transaction. If all participants are ready, they send an
acknowledgment to the coordinator.

Phase 2 Commit Phase: If all participants are ready in the prepare


phase, the coordinator sends a commit command to all participants.
Upon receiving the commit command, each participant executes the
commit operation and acknowledges the coordinator. If any
participant encountered an error or was not ready in the prepare
phase, the coordinator sends an abort command to all participants.
This ensures that either all participants commit the transaction, or
none of them commit, maintaining atomicity.

2. Consistency:
2PC maintains consistency by ensuring that all participants either
commit or abort the transaction. If any participant is unable to
commit or encounters an error, the protocol ensures that the entire
transaction is rolled back, avoiding inconsistent states where some
participants have committed while others have not.

3. Isolation:
Isolation, which ensures that concurrent transactions do not
interfere with each other's outcomes, is typically maintained at the
individual database or resource manager level through concurrency
control mechanisms. 2PC itself does not impact isolation directly.

4. Durability:
The durability property ensures that once a transaction is
committed, its changes are permanent and survive system failures.
2PC ensures durability by following a coordinated approach:

After all participants confirm their readiness to commit in the


prepare phase, the coordinator sends a commit command to all
participants in the commit phase.

Each participant executes the commit operation and acknowledges


the coordinator. These acknowledgments serve as a confirmation
that the changes have been durably applied to the respective
databases.

The TwoPhase Commit protocol ensures ACID properties by


orchestrating a carefully coordinated process. While it provides
strong guarantees for maintaining data integrity and consistency, it's
important to note that 2PC has its limitations. It can suffer from
performance issues due to its blocking nature, where participants
might wait for acknowledgments from others, potentially causing
delays. To address these limitations, more advanced protocols like
ThreePhase Commit have been developed, which aim to enhance
the efficiency and robustness of distributed transaction
management while preserving ACID properties.

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