The ISIS Project: Quarterly R&D Status and Technical Report

Abstract

This report summarizes accomplishments of the ISIS project during the period May 4, 1986 - Aug 4, 1986. During the second quarter of 1986, the ISIS effort focused on the continued development of a new system for supporting fault-tolerant process groups and software built using such groups. We have now begun to see widespread acceptance of this work among other researchers who have struggled with synchronization issues in fault-tolerant distributed computing. By creating an environment within which fault-tolerant distributed software can be constructed with very little attention to synchronization, our approach makes it possible to solve problems that could take months using conventional programming methods in days. Meanwhile, we have fleshed out our own objectives, which are now to construct a complete support mechanism, imbedded into a distributed operating system, for simplified distributed and fault-tolerant computing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 04, 1986
Accession Number
ADA171159

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  • Ken Birman

Organizations

  • Cornell University

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  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Computers
  • Distributed Computing
  • Fault Tolerance
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  • Local Area Networks
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  • Wide Area Networks

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  • Computer science

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