Title :
Design and implementation of a distributed semaphore facility
Author :
Yuan, Shyan-Ming ; Wu, Chiao-Jang ; Lien, Hsiou-Mien ; Chen, I-Neng
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
This paper describes a distributed semaphore facility called DISEM. DISEM supports semaphore mechanism in a distributed workstations environment, it is implemented at the application level for workstations running a version or a derivative of UNIX operating system which support BSD sockets and System V IPCs. In addition, DISEM also provides fault tolerant service in case a workstation crashes. Generally speaking, DISEM is a useful and portable facility for supporting of distributed semaphore in a local network of workstations
Keywords :
fault tolerant computing; network operating systems; BSD sockets; DISEM; System V IPCs; UNIX operating system; application level; distributed semaphore facility; distributed workstations environment; fault tolerant service; local network of workstations; Application software; Computer crashes; Computer networks; Contracts; Distributed computing; Fault tolerance; Information science; Operating systems; Sockets; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Computing Systems, 1992., Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Future Trends of
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2755-7
DOI :
10.1109/FTDCS.1992.217497
