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| Saurabh Bagchi, Balaji Srinivasan, Keith Whisnant, Zbigniew Kalbarczyk, Ravishankar K. Iyer, "Hierarchical Error Detection in a Software Implemented Fault Tolerance (SIFT) Environment," IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 203-224, March/April, 2000. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/69.842263, author = {Saurabh Bagchi and Balaji Srinivasan and Keith Whisnant and Zbigniew Kalbarczyk and Ravishankar K. Iyer}, title = {Hierarchical Error Detection in a Software Implemented Fault Tolerance (SIFT) Environment}, journal ={IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering}, volume = {12}, number = {2}, issn = {1041-4347}, year = {2000}, pages = {203-224}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/69.842263}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - JOUR JO - IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering TI - Hierarchical Error Detection in a Software Implemented Fault Tolerance (SIFT) Environment IS - 2 SN - 1041-4347 SP203 EP224 EPD - 203-224 A1 - Saurabh Bagchi, A1 - Balaji Srinivasan, A1 - Keith Whisnant, A1 - Zbigniew Kalbarczyk, A1 - Ravishankar K. Iyer, PY - 2000 KW - Software implemented fault tolerance KW - hierarchical error detection KW - distributed systems KW - data and control signatures KW - speculative execution. VL - 12 JA - IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering ER - | |||
Abstract—This paper proposes a hierarchical error detection framework for a Software Implemented Fault Tolerance (SIFT) layer of a distributed system. A four-level error detection hierarchy is proposed in the context of Chameleon, a software environment for providing adaptive fault-tolerance in an environment of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) system components and software. The design and implementation of a software-based distributed signature monitoring scheme, which is central to the proposed four-level hierarchy, is described. Both intralevel and interlevel optimizations that minimize the overhead of detection and are capable of adapting to runtime requirements are proposed. The paper presents results from a prototype implementation of two levels of the error detection hierarchy and results of a detailed simulation of the overall environment. The results indicate a substantial increase in availability due to the detection framework and help in understanding the trade-offs between overhead and coverage for different combinations of techniques.
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