Fault Tolerance in Distributed Systems

Fault tolerance is an approach by which reliability of a computer system can be increased beyond what can be achieved by traditional methods. While hardware supported fault tolerance has been well-documented, the newer,softwaresupported fault tolerance techniques have remained scattered throughout the literature. Comprehensive and self-contained, this book organizes that body of knowledge with a focus on fault tolerance in distributed systems. (The uniprocess case is treated as a special case of distributed systems.)KEY TOPICS:Treats fault tolerant distributed systems as consisting of levels of abstraction, providing different tolerant services.For researchers/practitioners working in the area of fault tolerance.Jalote, Pankaj is the author of 'Fault Tolerance in Distributed Systems', published 1994 under ISBN 9780133013672 and ISBN 0133013677.