Top 2000 Project Report Template
Introduction
purpose of the report key issues of the assignment and where they will be addressed.
Assignment
details of the assignment (in your own words)
Product comparison
description of DBMS X and Y (producer, website, user group, …) list of five issues o performance o backup and recovery o A o B o C discussion for DBMS X and Y summary comparison and references
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Benchmark
system description (hardware, software, dbms) measurement procedure and test setup database loading measurements (update performance) benchmark results and interpretation
Top 2000 Data model and implementation
ER model constraints
Initial test setup
initial implementations (data population, data quality checks(queries))
Queries and optimizations
overview of queries o formulation 1 o formulation 2 enhancements for dbms X and Y further improvements discussion of results for queries in initial implementation and optimized implementation Discriminating database tasks (answers: for which type of application would you recommend dbms X, for which dbmsY?)
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Logbook
activity breakdown, hours spent
Conclusions References Appendix Initial project planning Appendix Logbook details Appendix Test method validation Appendix Software and Data (on CD/DVD)