HOW TO DEAL WITH REPLICATION AND RECOVERY IN A DISTRIBUTED FILE SERVER

I. Arrieta-Salinas, J. R. Juárez-Rodríguez, J. E. Armendáriz-Iñigo, J. R. Gonzalez de Mendivil

2009

Abstract

Data replication techniques are widely used for improving availability in software applications. Replicated systems have traditionally assumed the fail-stop model, which limits fault tolerance. For this reason, there is a strong motivation to adopt the crash-recovery model, in which replicas can dynamically leave and join the system. With the aim to point out some key issues that must be considered when dealing with replication and recovery, we have implemented a replicated file server that satisfies the crash-recovery model, making use of a Group Communication System. According to our experiments, the most interesting results are that the type of replication and the number of replicas must be carefully determined, specially in update intensive scenarios; and, the variable overhead imposed by the recovery protocol to the system. From the latter, it would be convenient to adjust the desired trade-off between recovery time and system throughput in terms of the service state size and the number of missed operations.

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Arrieta-Salinas I., R. Juárez-Rodríguez J., E. Armendáriz-Iñigo J. and R. Gonzalez de Mendivil J. (2009). HOW TO DEAL WITH REPLICATION AND RECOVERY IN A DISTRIBUTED FILE SERVER . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: ICSOFT, ISBN 978-989-674-010-8, pages 147-152. DOI: 10.5220/0002258001470152


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@conference{icsoft09,
author={I. Arrieta-Salinas and J. R. Juárez-Rodríguez and J. E. Armendáriz-Iñigo and J. R. Gonzalez de Mendivil},
title={HOW TO DEAL WITH REPLICATION AND RECOVERY IN A DISTRIBUTED FILE SERVER},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: ICSOFT,},
year={2009},
pages={147-152},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002258001470152},
isbn={978-989-674-010-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: ICSOFT,
TI - HOW TO DEAL WITH REPLICATION AND RECOVERY IN A DISTRIBUTED FILE SERVER
SN - 978-989-674-010-8
AU - Arrieta-Salinas I.
AU - R. Juárez-Rodríguez J.
AU - E. Armendáriz-Iñigo J.
AU - R. Gonzalez de Mendivil J.
PY - 2009
SP - 147
EP - 152
DO - 10.5220/0002258001470152