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A System Architecture for Software Fault Tolerance

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Fehlertolerierende Rechensysteme / Fault-Tolerant Computing Systems

Part of the book series: Informatik-Fachberichte ((INFORMATIK,volume 147))

Abstract

The paper describes a system architecture, based on virtual machine layers, which can be used in the implementation of software fault tolerant systems. The top layer of such hierarchy details recovery actions; various policies such as conversations, N-Modularity, Programmer Transparent Coordination, Resilient Procedures and Optimistic Recovery are shown to be implementable within this framework.

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  1. Dipartimento di Matematica dell’ Universita’, Genova, Italy

    M. Ancona, G. Dodero & V. Gianuzzi

  2. Istituto per la Matematica Applicata, C.N.R., Genova, Italy

    A. Clematis

  3. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

    E. B. Fernandez

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  1. Fachbereich 2, Hochschule Bremerhaven, Bürgermeister-Smidt-Straße 20, D-2850, Bremerhaven, Germany

    F. Belli

  2. Institut für Rechnerentwurf und Fehlertoleranz Fakultät für Informatik, Universität Karlsruhe, Postfach 6980, D-7500, Karlsruhe 1, Germany

    W. Görke

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Ancona, M., Clematis, A., Dodero, G., Fernandez, E.B., Gianuzzi, V. (1987). A System Architecture for Software Fault Tolerance. In: Belli, F., Görke, W. (eds) Fehlertolerierende Rechensysteme / Fault-Tolerant Computing Systems. Informatik-Fachberichte, vol 147. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45628-2_24

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