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Implementing efficient fault containment for multiprocessors: confining faults in a shared-memory multiprocessor environment

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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 39 , Issue 9 (September 1996) table of contents

Pages: 52 - 61

Year of Publication: 1996

ISSN:0001-0782

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Mendel Rosenblum	Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA
John Chapin	Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA
Dan Teodosiu	Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA
Scott Devine	Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA
Tirthankar Lahiri	Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA
Anoop Gupta	Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
D. Software
D.4 OPERATING SYSTEMS
D.4.1 Process Management
Subjects: Multiprocessing/multiprogramming/multitasking

Additional Classification:
D. Software
D.4 OPERATING SYSTEMS
D.4.5 Reliability
Subjects: Fault-tolerance
D.4.8 Performance
Subjects: Modeling and prediction

General Terms:
Design, Experimentation, Performance, Reliability

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"Ivan Flores : Reviewer"

The authors contend that large-scale multiprocessors are plagued by failures in hardware and software that frequently bring down the entire system, requiring that the machine be rebooted. They propose a scheme for fault containment, then attem more...

Collaborative Colleagues:

Mendel Rosenblum: colleagues

John Chapin: colleagues

Dan Teodosiu: colleagues

Scott Devine: colleagues

Tirthankar Lahiri: colleagues

Anoop Gupta: colleagues

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