University of Toronto
Department of Computer Science Colloquia

A Distinguished Lecture on Computer Science

Leslie Lamport

Distributed State Machines and Disk Paxos

Abstract

The state-machine approach to designing a fault-tolerant distributed system is reviewed. Disk Paxos, a new algorithm for implementing this approach, is described. It achieves fault-tolerance by replicating disks rather than processors.


Host: contact Prof. Hehner regarding the speaker's schedule

Time: Tuesday, April 11th, 11am

Location: SF1105


Software Engineering Research Seminar A related research seminar will be given Wed, April 12th, 11am in DL Pratt 378 on "Disk Paxos in TLA+".