MPI/FT: A Model-Based Approach to Low-Overhead Fault Tolerant Message-Passing Middleware

Fault tolerance in parallel systems has traditionally been achieved through a combination of redundancy and checkpointing methods. This notion has also been extended to message-passing systems with user-transparent process checkpointing and message logging. Furthermore, studies of multiple types of rollback and recovery have been reported in literature, ranging from communication-induced checkpointing to pessimistic and synchronous solutions. However, many of these solutions incorporate high overhead because of their inability to utilize application level information.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2004
• Where: CLUSTER
• Authors: Rajanikanth Batchu, Yoginder S. Dandass, Anthony Skjellum, Murali Beddhu
• Keywords: Checkpointing, CLUSTER 2004, Distributed And Parallel Computing, Fault Tolerance, Parallel Systems