Scheduling and Simulation: How to Upgrade Distributed Systems
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``Scheduling and Simulation: How to Upgrade Distributed Systems''
by
Sameer Ajmani,
Barbara Liskov,
and
Liuba Shrira.
In Ninth Workshop on Hot Topics in Operating Systems (HotOS-IX),
(Lihue, Hawaii), May 2003, pp. 43-48.
Abstract
Upgrading the software of long-lived distributed systems is difficult. It
is not possible to upgrade all the nodes in a system at once, since some
nodes may be down and halting the system for an upgrade is unacceptable.
This means that different nodes may be running different software versions
and yet need to communicate, even though those versions may not be fully
compatible. We present a methodology and infrastructure that addresses
these challenges and makes it possible to upgrade distributed systems
automatically while limiting service disruption.
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@inproceedings{ajmani03scheduling,
author = {Sameer Ajmani and Barbara Liskov and Liuba Shrira},
title = {Scheduling and Simulation: How to Upgrade Distributed Systems},
booktitle = {Ninth Workshop on Hot Topics in Operating Systems (HotOS-IX)},
pages = {43--48},
address = {Lihue, Hawaii},
month = may,
year = {2003}
}
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