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Reconfigurable Distributed Storage for Dynamic Networks

Chockler, Gregory
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Gilbert, Seth  
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Gramoli, Vincent  
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2009
Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing

This paper presents a new algorithm for implementing a reconfigurable distributed shared memory in an asynchronous dynamic network. The algorithm guarantees atomic consistency (linearizability) in all executions in the presence of arbitrary crash failures of the processing nodes, message delays, and message loss. The algorithm incorporates a classic quorum-based algorithm for read/write operations, and an optimized consensus protocol, based on Fast Paxos for reconfiguration, and achieves the design goals of: (i) allowing read and write operations to complete rapidly and (ii) providing long-term fault tolerance through reconfiguration, a process that evolves the quorum configurations used by the read and write operations. The resulting algorithm tolerates dynamism. We formally prove our algorithm to be correct, we present its performance and compare it to existing reconfigurable memories, and we evaluate experimentally the cost of its reconfiguration mechanism.

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DOI
10.1016/j.jpdc.2008.07.007
Web of Science ID

WOS:000261775800010

Author(s)
Chockler, Gregory
Gilbert, Seth  
Gramoli, Vincent  
Musial, Peter M.
Shvartsman, Alexander A.
Date Issued

2009

Published in
Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
Volume

69

Issue

1

Start page

100

End page

116

Subjects

Distributed algorithms

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Reconfiguration

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Atomic objects

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Performance

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October 13, 2008
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