Contents

• Introduction
  • Goals
    • What this Tutorial Is
    • What this Tutorial Is Not
  • The Example System
    • What the Grid VAS and Grid Client Do
    • What the Grid Example Demonstrates
    • What the Grid Example Does Not Demonstrate
  • Tutorial Organization
• Storage Structure Organization
  • Implemented Design
  • Alternative Designs
• Operations on Storage Structures
  • Code Road-map
  • Initializing Devices and Volumes
  • Updates and Save-points
  • Pinning and Updating Records
• Implementing a Multi-Threaded Server
  • Error Codes
  • Startup
    • Configuration Options
    • SSM Initialization
  • Thread Management
    • Listener Thread
    • Client Threads
    • Cleaner Thread
    • Terminal Input Thread
  • Transaction and Lock Management
  • RPC Implementation
    • Declarations
    • C++ Wrappers
    • RPC Startup
    • Multi-threading Issues
    • Steps to add a New RPC
  • Shutdown
• Implementing Clients
  • Connection Management
  • Client Side of RPCs
• Compiling the Example
• Running the Example
• Appendix: Program Sources
  • Code Shared by Client and Server
    • Makefile: Makefile.template
    • RPC Declarations: msg.x
    • grid_basics.h
    • grid_basics.C
    • command.h
    • command.C
    • Configuration Options: options.C
  • Server Code
    • Main: server.C
    • command_server.h
    • command_server.C
    • server_stubs.C
    • grid.h
    • grid.C
    • rpc_thread.h
    • rpc_thread.C
  • Client Code
    • Main: client.C
    • command_client.h
    • command_client.C