Concurrency Control and Recovery in Database Systems

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title: Concurrency Control and Recovery in Database Systems
type: book
summary: Bernstein's out-of-print, freely distributed source text on serializability, 2PL, MVCC and recovery
author: Philip A. Bernstein, Vassos Hadzilacos, Nathan Goodman
year: 1987
url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/philbe/
cohort: https://eatonphil.com/2025-concurrency-control-and-recovery-in-database-systems.html
tags: databases, concurrency, transactions
status: want-to-read
sources: eatonphil-bookclub
created: 2026-05-12
updated: 2026-05-12

The foundational text on serializability theory, two-phase locking, multi-version concurrency control, and database recovery. Long out of print but freely distributed by Bernstein at research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/philbe/ccontrol.aspx. Everything later DB-internals work cites. Read by the eatonphil-bookclub in 2025: cohort page.

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