Title
Consistent data replication: is it feasible in WANs?
Abstract
Recent proposals have shown that database replication providing 1-copy-serializability can have excellent performance in LAN environments by using powerful multicast primitives. In this paper, we evaluate whether a similar approach is feasible in WAN environments. We identify the most crucial bottlenecks of the existing protocols, and propose optimizations that alleviate the identified problems. Our experiments show that performance remains acceptable even for medium sized systems, and data replication guaranteeing 1-copy-serializability is a serious alternative to weaker approaches in WAN environments.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1007/11549468_70
Euro-Par
Keywords
Field
DocType
excellent performance,consistent data replication,wan environment,existing protocol,powerful multicast primitive,similar approach,database replication,recent proposal,lan environment,serious alternative,crucial bottleneck,data replication
Bottleneck,Serializability,Replication (computing),Message delay,Computer science,Local area network,Multicast,Distributed computing
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
3648
0302-9743
3-540-28700-0
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
12
0.74
26
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yi Lin11927.89
Kemme, B.21773115.46
Marta Patiño-martínez352238.42
Ricardo Jimenez Peris477553.48