Title :
Evaluating COTS standards for design of dependable systems
Author :
Walter, C.J. ; Suri, N. ; Monaghan, T.
Author_Institution :
WW Technol. Group, Columbia, MD, USA
Abstract :
This experience report presents a study on the fault tolerance (FT) support capabilities of various COTS standards prior to their inclusion in design of dependable systems. A standalone analysis and relative comparison of the FT attributes for SCI, ATM, Futurebus+ and Fiber Channel is presented
Keywords :
asynchronous transfer mode; computer network reliability; fault tolerant computing; standards; system buses; ATM; COTS standards; Fiber Channel; Futurebus; SCI; commercial off the shelf standards; dependable systems design; fault tolerance; Boolean functions; Data structures;
Conference_Titel :
Dependable Systems and Networks, 2000. DSN 2000. Proceedings International Conference on
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0707-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICDSN.2000.857520
