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We consider a system where transactions are processed by a single server subject to faults and recovery. A checkpoint is attempted after a fixed number of transactions have been completed, and takes some time to establish. The occurrence of a fault causes a rollback to the last checkpoint, after which all intervening transactions are reprocessed. The system is modelled by a two-dimensional Markov process with one unbounded variable (the number of transactions in the queue), and one bounded variable (the number of transactions processed since the last checkpoint). The joint steady-state distribution of the process, and hence the performance measures of interest, is found by two different methods: generating functions and spectral expansion. The problem of determining the optimal checkpointing parameter is considered.
Author(s): Kumar L, Misra M, Mitrani I
Editor(s): Field, A.J., Harrison, P.G., Bradley, J., Harder, U.
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: Computer Performance Evaluation: 12th International Conference on Modelling Techniques and Tools for Computer Performance Evaluation (TOOLS)
Year of Conference: 2002
Pages: 279-288
ISSN: 0302-9743 (print) 1611-3349 (online)
Publisher: Springer
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46029-2_21
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-46029-2_21
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Series Title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
ISBN: 9783540435396
