A Weak-Consistency Architecture for Distributed Information Services (1992)
| Venue: | Computing Systems |
| Citations: | 64 - 4 self |
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@ARTICLE{Golding92aweak-consistency,
author = {Richard A. Golding},
title = {A Weak-Consistency Architecture for Distributed Information Services},
journal = {Computing Systems},
year = {1992},
volume = {5},
pages = {5--4}
}
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Abstract
this paper I will present an architecture for building distributed information services, drawing examples from the refdbms bibliographic database system. The architecture emphasizes scalability and fault tolerance, so the application can respond gracefully to changes in demand and to site and network failure. It uses weak-consistency replication techniques to build a flexible distributed service. I will start by defining the environment in which this architecture is to operate and its goals. Next I will give an overview of the architecture, followed by sections detailing three components: weak-consistency process groups, quorum multicast protocols, and mechanisms to cache predefined slices or subsets of the database.
