An integrated error-recovery scheme for multicomputers

Author

DeBrunner, Linda S. ; Ghali, Prasanna

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Oklahoma Univ., Norman, OK, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

1-3 Nov 1993

Firstpage

817

Abstract

The paper examines the problem of recovering from processing node failures in multicomputers. A general-purpose, application-transparent integrated error-recovery scheme is presented to recover the multicomputer from processing node failures in the absence of concurrent fault detection and diagnosis facilities. In the scheme, a distributed system-level fault diagnosis algorithm and error recovery algorithms cooperate to obtain a set of consistent and error-free checkpoints. The integration of fault diagnosis and error recovery algorithms permits the implementation of an effective and comprehensive fault tolerance scheme for a wide variety of distributed systems and multicomputer networks

Keywords

computer network reliability; fault diagnosis; fault tolerant computing; multiprocessing systems; system recovery; application-transparent integrated error-recovery scheme; concurrent fault detection; distributed systems; error recovery algorithms; error-free checkpoints; fault tolerance scheme; integrated error-recovery scheme; multicomputer networks; multicomputers; processing node failures; Circuit faults; Clocks; Fault detection; Fault diagnosis; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Routing protocols; Switching circuits; System recovery; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signals, Systems and Computers, 1993. 1993 Conference Record of The Twenty-Seventh Asilomar Conference on

Conference_Location

Pacific Grove, CA

ISSN

1058-6393

Print_ISBN

0-8186-4120-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACSSC.1993.342635

Filename

342635