Replication Techniques in Distributed Systems / Edition 1

by Abdelsalam A. Helal, Abdelsalam A. Heddaya, Bharat B. Bhargava

Overview

Replication Techniques in Distributed Systems organizes and surveys the spectrum of replication prools and systems that achieve high availability by replicating entities in failure-prone distributed computing environments. The entities discussed in this book vary from passive untyped data objects, to typed and complex objects, to processes and messages.
Replication Techniques in Distributed Systems contains definitions and introductory material suitable for a beginner, theoretical foundations and algorithms, an annotated bibliography of commercial and experimental prototype systems, as well as short guides to recommended further readings in specialized subtopics.
This book can be used as recommended or required reading in graduate courses in academia, as well as a handbook for designers and implementors of systems that must deal with replication issues in distributed systems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792398004
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	08/31/1996
Series:	Advances in Database Systems , #4
Edition description:	1996
Pages:	156
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Replication of Data.- Replication of Processes.- Replication of Objects.- Replication of Messages.- Replication in Heterogeneous, Mobile, and Large-Scale Systems.- The Future of Replication.

Editorial Reviews

‘ ... very readable text. It is a great thing to have this topic in one place in such logically splendid form. ... strongly recommended to students and designers, too.'
Zentralblatt für Mathematik, 861 (1997)

From the Publisher

Surveys replication protocols and systems that work by replicating entities in failure-prone distributed computing environments, covering theoretical foundations and algorithms and entities including passive untyped data objects, typed and complex objects, and processes and messages. Includes five annotated bibliographies focusing on basic data replication, object and message replication, mobile and heterogeneous computing, replication for availability, and example systems. Useful as a text for graduate courses, and as a handbook for those designing and implementing distributed systems. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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