Integrated Data Store
Integrated Data Store (IDS) was an early network database management system largely used by industry, known for its high performance. IDS became the basis for the CODASYL Data Base Task Group standards. IDS was designed in the 1960s at the computer division of General Electric (which later became Honeywell Information Systems) by Charles Bachman, who received the Turing Award from the Association for Computing Machinery for its creation, in 1973. The software was released in 1964 for the GE 235 computer. By 1965, a network version for the customer Weyerhaeuser Lumber was in operation. IDS/II, introduced in 1975, was a chargeable program product. At this time the original version was labeled IDS/I. It was not easy to use or implement applications with IDS, because it was designed to maximize performance using the hardware available at that time. However, that weakness was equally its strength because skilful implementations of IDS-type databases, such as British Telecom's huge CSS project (an IDMS database servicing more than 10 billion transactions per year), show levels of performance on terabyte-sized databases that are unmatchable by all relational database implementations. Charles Bachman's innovative design work continues to find state-of-the-art application with major commercial operations. Later, BF Goodrich Chemical Co. rewrote the entire system to make it more usable, calling the result integrated data management system (IDMS).
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| Integrated Data Store | |
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| Developer | Charles Bachman |
| Initial release | 1964 |
| Type | Network DBMS |
| License | Commercial |
Integrated Data Store (IDS) was an early network database management system largely used by industry, known for its high performance. IDS became the basis for the CODASYL Data Base Task Group standards.
IDS was designed in the 1960s at the computer division of General Electric (which later became Honeywell Information Systems) by Charles Bachman, who received the Turing Award from the Association for Computing Machinery for its creation, in 1973.[1][2] The software was released in 1964 for the GE 235 computer. By 1965, a network version for the customer Weyerhaeuser Lumber was in operation.[3]
IDS/II, introduced in 1975, was a chargeable program product[clarification needed].[4] At this time the original version was labeled IDS/I.
It was not easy to use or implement applications with IDS, because it was designed to maximize performance using the hardware available at that time. However, that weakness was equally its strength because skilful implementations of IDS-type databases, such as British Telecom's huge CSS project (an IDMS database servicing more than 10 billion transactions per year), show levels of performance on terabyte-sized databases that are unmatchable by all relational database implementations. Charles Bachman's innovative design work continues to find state-of-the-art application with major commercial operations.[5]
Later, BF Goodrich Chemical Co. rewrote the entire system to make it more usable, calling the result integrated data management system (IDMS).[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Tom Haigh. "Charles W. Bachman — A.M. Turing Award Winner". Retrieved September 3, 2013.
- ^ "RDBMS Plenary 1: Early Years" (PDF) (Interview). Interviewed by Burton Grad. Computer History Museum. 2007-06-12. p. 9. Retrieved 2025-05-30.
- ^ Andrew L. Russell (April 9, 2011). Charles_Bachman "Oral History: Charles Bachman". IEEE Oral History Network. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Features of IDS/II Include a Price Tag". Computer world. Dec 3, 1975. Retrieved Sep 4, 2014.
- ^ BT by Bob Ratcliff Archived 2004-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hayes, Frank (Apr 15, 2002). "The Story So Far". Computerworld. Retrieved Jan 8, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Bachman, Charles W. (October–December 2009). "The Origin of the Integrated Data Store (IDS): The First Direct-Access DBMS". IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 31 (4): 42–54. doi:10.1109/MAHC.2009.110. S2CID 12615473. Retrieved Jan 8, 2022.
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