The case for modular redundancy in large-scale high performance computing systems

Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Networks, PDCN 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 189-194

  Engelmann, Christian ^a   Ong, Hong ^a   Scott, Stephen L ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault tolerance; High availability; High performance computing; Modular redundancy; Reliability

Indexed keywords

HIGH AVAILABILITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING SYSTEMS; HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; MISSION CRITICAL SYSTEMS; MODULAR REDUNDANCY; NODE AVAILABILITY; RELIABILITY AND AVAILABILITY; RETURN ON INVESTMENTS; TIME TO FAILURE;

DOCKING; FAULT TOLERANCE; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PROFITABILITY; REDUNDANCY;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 74549140832     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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