Title :
Migrating multi-threaded, shared objects
Author :
Lux, Wolfgang ; Härtig, Hermann ; Kühnhauser, Winfried E.
Author_Institution :
Gesellschaft fuer Math. und Datenverarbeitung, Augustin, Germany
Abstract :
The BirliX operating system migration mechanism is type-independent, can deal with multithreaded shared objects, is transparent for applications, and can be used by applications to implement arbitrary migration policies. An overview of the BirliX concepts and architecture is given to give an understanding the environment of the migration mechanism. As migration in BirliX heavily depends on the checkpoint and recovery mechanisms, these fault-tolerance mechanisms are discussed. The current implementation of the migration mechanism is described. Some pitfalls during implementation are described, and the performance of the current implementation is presented
Keywords :
fault tolerant computing; operating systems (computers); performance evaluation; system recovery; BirliX operating system migration mechanism; arbitrary migration policies; checkpoint; fault-tolerance mechanisms; multithreaded shared objects; recovery mechanisms; Application software; Availability; Computer networks; Concurrent computing; Controllability; High performance computing; Load management; Mobile computing; Operating systems; Processor scheduling;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1993, Proceeding of the Twenty-Sixth Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wailea, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3230-5
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1993.284061
