Title :
Limits on scalability in gracefully degradable large-scale systems
Author :
Najjar, W. ; Gaudiot, J.L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
Abstract :
The authors present an analysis of the scalability of large-scale degradable homogeneous multiprocessors by assessing the limitations imposed by reliability considerations on the number of processors. They demonstrate that graceful degradation in large-scale systems is not scalable. An increase in the number of processors must be matched by a significant increase in the coverage factor in order to maintain the same performance and reliability levels
Keywords :
multiprocessing systems; performance evaluation; gracefully degradable large-scale systems; homogeneous multiprocessors; performance; reliability levels; scalability; Availability; Degradation; Fault tolerant systems; Large-scale systems; Multiprocessing systems; Performance analysis; Performance evaluation; Power system reliability; Scalability; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Reliable Distributed Systems, 1989., Proceedings of the Eighth Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-1981-3
DOI :
10.1109/RELDIS.1989.72759
