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Fail-controlled Computer Architectures for Distributed Systems

Lookup NU author(s): Emeritus Professor Santosh Shrivastava, Dr Paul EzhilchelvanORCiD, Dr Neil Speirs

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Abstract

The problem of constructing reliable processors, hereafter referred to as nodes, out of conventional unreliable processors is examined. We assume that a node is composed of a number of processors and failed processors can exhibit arbitrary behavious. The non-faulty processors o a node execute Byzntine agreement protocols to maintain the abstraction of a fail-controlled (well-behaved) node. the paper presents a variety of node architectures for maintaining the abstraction of fail controlled behaviour with differing functionalities. Some of these architectures are shown to be of practical interest.


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Author(s): Shrivastava SK, Ezhilchelvan PD, Speirs NA, Seaton DT

Publication type: Report

Publication status: Published

Series Title: Computing Laboratory Technical Report Series

Year: 1991

Pages: 18

Print publication date: 01/07/1991

Source Publication Date: July 1991

Report Number: 333

Institution: Computing Laboratory, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Place Published: Newcastle upon Tyne

URL: http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/publications/trs/papers/333.pdf


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