Fast and Message-Efficient Global Snapshot Algorithms for Large-Scale Distributed Systems

Large-scale distributed systems such as supercomputers and peer-to-peer systems typically have a fully connected logical topology over a large number of processors. Existing snapshot algorithms in such systems have high response time and/or require a large number of messages, typically O(n 2 ), wher...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on parallel and distributed systems Vol. 21; no. 9; pp. 1281 - 1289
Main Author: Kshemkalyani, Ajay D
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York IEEE 01.09.2010
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects:
Algorithms
Balancing
Channels
checkpoint
Checkpointing
cluster
Clustering algorithms
Computer networks
Delay
distributed snapshot
Distributed system
global state
hypercube
Hypercubes
Joining processes
Large-scale systems
Message passing
Messages
overlay
Peer to peer computing
Response time
supercomputer
Supercomputers
Topology
Workload
ISSN:1045-9219, 1558-2183
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Summary:Large-scale distributed systems such as supercomputers and peer-to-peer systems typically have a fully connected logical topology over a large number of processors. Existing snapshot algorithms in such systems have high response time and/or require a large number of messages, typically O(n 2 ), where n is the number of processes. In this paper, we present a suite of two algorithms: simple_tree, and hypercube, that are both fast and require a small number of messages. This makes the algorithms highly scalable. Simple_tree requires O(n) messages and has O(log n) response time. Hypercube requires O(n log n) messages and has O(log n) response time, in addition to having the property that the roles of all the processes are symmetrical. Process symmetry implies greater potential for balanced workload and congestion-freedom. All the algorithms assume non-FIFO channels.
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ISSN:1045-9219
1558-2183
DOI:10.1109/TPDS.2010.24