Software-Controlled Fault Tolerance

George A. Reis; Jonathan Chang; Neil Vachharajani; Ram Rangan; David I. August; Shubhendu S. Mukherjee

doi:10.1145/1113841.1113843

Software-Controlled Fault Tolerance

George A. Reis, Jonathan Chang, Neil Vachharajani, Ram Rangan, David I. August, Shubhendu S. Mukherjee

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Abstract

Traditional fault-tolerance techniques typically utilize resources ineffectively because they cannot adapt to the changing reliability and performance demands of a system. This paper proposes software-controlled fault tolerance, a concept allowing designers and users to tailor their performance and reliability for each situation. Several software-controllable fault-detection techniques are then presented: SWIFT, a software-only technique, and CRAFT, a suite of hybrid hardware/ software techniques. Finally, the paper introduces PROFiT, a technique which adjusts the level of protection and performance at fine granularities through software control. When coupled with software-controllable techniques like SWIFT and CRAFT, PROFiT offers attractive and novel reliability options.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	366-396
Number of pages	31
Journal	ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization
Volume	2
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1113841.1113843
State	Published - 2005

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Software
Information Systems
Hardware and Architecture

Keywords

Fault detection
Reliability
Reliability
Software-controlled fault tolerance

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