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Using replication for increased availability of a distributed telecommunication management system

Erhöhte Verfügbarkeit eines verteilten Telekommunikations-Management-Systems durch Replikation

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Abstract

Replication is well-suited to provide scalable fault-tolerance for distributed safety-critical applications. The main emphasis of this article is hence put on the introduction of a component-based software infrastructure which provides optimized availability at the cost of a well-controlled violation of constraints. We present the relevant details of a successful implementation for the telecommunication domain showing the feasibility of the proposed architecture.

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Replikation eignet sich ausgezeichnet, um sicherheitskritische verteilte Systeme mit skalierbarer Fehlertoleranz zu versehen. Der Beitrag dieses Artikels besteht daher primär in der Vorstellung einer Komponenten-basierten Software-Infrastruktur, welche die Verfügbarkeit auf Kosten einer genau kontrollierten Verletzung der Integritätsbedingungen optimiert. Um die Brauchbarkeit der vorgestellten Architektur nachzuweisen, werden relevante Details aus der Implementierung dieser Konzepte im Bereich der Telekommunikationsanwendungen vorgestellt.

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  1. Institute for Information Systems, Distributed Systems Group, Vienna University of Technology, Argentinierstraße 8, A-1040, Vienna

    K. M. Göschka DDipl.-Ing. Dr. techn.

  2. Institute for Computer Technology, Vienna University of Technology, Gußhausstraße 27-29, A-1040, Vienna

    R. Smeikal Univ.-Ass. Dipl.-Ing.

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Göschka, K.M., Smeikal, R. Using replication for increased availability of a distributed telecommunication management system. Elektrotech. Inftech. 121, 187–193 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03055334

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