SNB-index: a SkipNet and B plus tree based auxiliary Cloud index

作者:Zhou Wei*; Lu Jin; Luan Z*******; Wang Shipu; Xue Gang; Yao Shaowen
来源:Cluster Computing, 2014, 17(2): 453-462.
DOI:10.1007/s10586-013-0246-y

摘要

Distributed data management plays an essential part in internet applications. With benefits of scalability and reliability, the Cloud storage systems have become an attractive choice for large-scale data processing. However, most Cloud storage systems currently adopt a hash-like approach to retrieve data that only support simple keyword-based enquiries, but lack various forms of information search. In this paper, we propose a novel SkipNet and B+ tree based index structure, called SNB-index, for Cloud computing systems. SNB-index adopts a two-layer architecture. In the lower layer, it uses the B+ tree to construct efficient local index. In the upper layer, it adaptively selects among local index nodes to form a SkipNet based global overlay. Our scalable auxiliary Cloud index can efficiently support a variety of types of queries (e.g. point-query, range-query, similarity-query), and provide high availability. Some new routing algorithms and mapping processing algorithms are designed to enhance performance. Experimental results show that SNB-index is valid and can be an alternative approach for constructing an auxiliary index in Cloud computing systems.