Replication: Theory and Practice (Lecture Notes in Computer Science / Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues): 5959 - Tapa blanda

Reseña del editor

Replication is a topic of interest in the distributed computing, distributed systems, and database communities. Although these communities have traditionally looked at replication from different viewpoints and with different goals (e.g., performance versus fault tolerance), recent developments have led to a convergence of these different goals. The objective of this state-of-the-art survey is not to speculate about the future of replication, but rather to understand the present, to make an assessment of approximately 30 years of research on replication, and to present a comprehensive view of the achievements made during this period of time.

This book is the outcome of the seminar entitled A 30-Year Perspective on Replication, which was held at Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland, in November 2007. The book is organized in 13 self-contained chapters written by most of the people who have contributed to developing state-of-the-art replication techniques. It presents a comprehensive view of existing solutions, from a theoretical as well as from a practical point of view. It covers replication of processes/objects and of databases; replication for fault tolerance and replication for performance - benign faults and malicious (Byzantine) faults - thus forming a basis for both professionals and students of distributed computing, distributed systems, and databases.

Reseña del editor

Replication is a topic addressed in distributed computing, the field of distributed systems, and in the database community. The inspection of replication from different points of view and with different goals - e.g., performance versus fault tolerance - recently led to an approximation of these different goals, and there has been work showing that efficiency and strong consistency can sometimes be reconciled. The concern of this state-of-the-art survey is not to speculate about the future of replication, but rather to understand the present, by analyzing past successes and past failures, to make an assessment of about 30 years of research on replication, and to present a comprehensive view of the achievements of 30 years of research on replication. This book is the outcome of the seminar 'A 30-year perspective on replication', which was held at Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland, in November 2007. The book is organized in thirteen self-contained chapters written by most of the people who have contributed to developing the state-of-the-art replication techniques. It brings a comprehensive view of existing solutions, from a theoretical as well as from a practical point of view. It covers replication of processes/objects and of databases; replication for fault tolerance and replication for performance; benign faults and malicious (Byzantine) faults - thus forming a base in the graduate teaching of distributed computing, distributed systems, and databases.