Title :
Online replication of shared variables
Author :
Poulakidas, Atlianassios S. ; Singh, Ambuj K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
A linearizable implementation of read/write shared variables in a general distributed system is provided. The proposed system adapts the distribution of the replicas to the pattern of read/write requests, and uses distributed hierarchical indexing to locate replicas
Keywords :
database theory; graph theory; indexing; message passing; replicated databases; shared memory systems; distributed hierarchical indexing; distributed system; graph theory; linearizable implementation; read write shared variables; replica distribution; replica location; shared variable online replication; Atomic layer deposition; Computer networks; Computer science; Costs; Fault tolerance; Indexing; Load management; Message passing; Programming profession; Tree graphs;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Computing Systems, 1997., Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7813-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICDCS.1997.603396
