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Independent of the level of built-in resilience, large distributed computer infrastructures will become unreliable if scaled to an appropriate size. Fault tolerance is an extremely important issue in large GRID systems, especially since neither the nodes nor their interconnects, nor even their data repositories, can be assumed to be reliable due to the distributed nature of the GRID system. Advanced fault tolerance and maintenance techniques are required in order to ensure the operation of large-scale GRID systems. This paper discusses key issues like the reliable distribution of information in a data-driven application while accommodating any failures and the highly reliable distributed storage of data. Particular developments are currently being pursued in order to generate the required resilience for distributed processing and mass storage. Benchmark results of applicable prototypes are discussed. A number of issues remain as open research activities for future generation grids, which are discussed in the outlook.
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Lindenstruth, V., Panse, R., Steinbeck, T., Tilsner, H., Wiebalck, A. (2006). Remote Administration and Fault Tolerance in Distributed Computer Infrastructures. In: Getov, V., Laforenza, D., Reinefeld, A. (eds) Future Generation Grids. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-29445-2_4
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