Replicated RPC using Amoeba closed group communication

Author

Wood, Mark D.

fYear

1993

fDate

25-28 May 1993

Firstpage

499

Lastpage

507

Abstract

Since remote procedure call (RPC) has become the method of choice for client-server communication in a distributed operating system, providing a fault-tolerant RPC mechanism is crucial to ensuring system reliability. The author presents a replicated RPC library for the Amoeba distributed operating system. The library´s RPC protocol is presented in detail, including preliminary performance figures. The protocol is distinguished by its use of closed process groups in conjunction with the coordinator-cohort method of computation. The method presented is applicable to any system supporting closed process groups and totally ordered multicast

Keywords

fault tolerant computing; network operating systems; performance evaluation; protocols; remote procedure calls; Amoeba closed group communication; Amoeba distributed operating system; RPC protocol; client-server communication; closed process groups; coordinator-cohort method; distributed operating system; fault-tolerant RPC mechanism; performance figures; remote procedure call; replicated RPC; replicated RPC library; system reliability; totally ordered multicast; Computer science; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; File servers; Libraries; Multicast protocols; Operating systems; Optimization methods; Packaging; Programming profession;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Distributed Computing Systems, 1993., Proceedings the 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pittsburgh, PA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-3770-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICDCS.1993.287674

Filename

287674