The EFTOS approach to dependability in embedded supercomputing

Deconinck, G; De Florio, V; Varvarigou, TA; Verentziotis, E

dc.contributor.author	Deconinck, G	en
dc.contributor.author	De Florio, V	en
dc.contributor.author	Varvarigou, TA	en
dc.contributor.author	Verentziotis, E	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:18:25Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:18:25Z
dc.date.issued	2002	en
dc.identifier.issn	00189529	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/14992
dc.subject	Application recovery	en
dc.subject	Distributed system	en
dc.subject	Embedded system	en
dc.subject	Fault-tolerant communication	en
dc.subject	Maintainability	en
dc.subject	Performance	en
dc.subject	Software-based fault tolerance	en
dc.subject	Stable memory	en
dc.subject.other	Computer aided software engineering	en
dc.subject.other	Computer hardware description languages	en
dc.subject.other	Computer software maintenance	en
dc.subject.other	Computer software portability	en
dc.subject.other	Computer system recovery	en
dc.subject.other	Data storage equipment	en
dc.subject.other	Embedded systems	en
dc.subject.other	High level languages	en
dc.subject.other	Middleware	en
dc.subject.other	Parallel processing systems	en
dc.subject.other	Supercomputers	en
dc.subject.other	Application recovery	en
dc.subject.other	Embedded supercomputing	en
dc.subject.other	Software based fault tolerance	en
dc.subject.other	Software Package EFTOS	en
dc.subject.other	Stable memory	en
dc.subject.other	Fault tolerant computer systems	en
dc.title	The EFTOS approach to dependability in embedded supercomputing	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1109/24.994916	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/24.994916	en
heal.publicationDate	2002	en
heal.abstract	Industrial embedded supercomputing applications benefit from a systematic approach to fault tolerance. The EFTOS framework provides a flexible and adaptable set of fault-tolerance tools from which the application developer can choose to make an embedded application on a parallel or distributed system more dependable. A high-level description (Recovery Language) helps the developer specify the fault-tolerance strategies of the application as a second application layer; this separates functional from fault-tolerance aspects of an application, thus shortening the development cycle and improving maintainability. The framework incorporates a backbone (to hook a set of fault-tolerance tools onto, and to coordinate the fault-tolerance actions) and a presentation layer (to monitor and test the fault tolerance behavior). A practical implementation is described with its performance evaluation, using an industrial case study from the energy-transport area, as well as an analytic deduction of the appropriateness of fault-tolerance techniques for various application profiles.	en
heal.journalName	IEEE Transactions on Reliability	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1109/24.994916	en
dc.identifier.volume	51	en
dc.identifier.issue	1	en
dc.identifier.spage	76	en
dc.identifier.epage	90	en