End-to-end consensus using end-to-end channels

End-to-end consensus ensures delivery of the same value to the application layer running in distributed processes. Deliveries that have not been acknowledged by the application before a failure are delivered again. End-to-end primitives are important for applications that need to enforce persistency. We present an algorithm that solves the end-to-end consensus problem. Our approach is to build end-to-end consensus using a new type of communication channels, endto-end channels.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: PRDC
• Authors: Matthias Wiesmann, Xavier Défago
• Keywords: Consensus Ensures Delivery, Dependable Computing, End-to-end Consensus, End-to-end Consensus Problem, PRDC 2006