Niche successes to ubiquitous invisibility: fault-tolerant computing past, present, and future

Authors:
Daniel P. Siewiorek
Affiliations:
School of Computer Science and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Venue:
FTCS'95 Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth international conference on Fault-tolerant computing
Year:
1995

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Abstract

Originated by service providers, fault-tolerant principles now permeate the computing industry. The fault-tolerant techniques used today are more general but fewer in number. While the reduction in the number of techniques can be partially accounted for by a maturation of the field, they also represent lost opportunities. This paper traces the rise of fault tolerance from the early dedicated service providers through today's commodity markets. Barriers to the use of fault tolerance in commodity markets are identified. The paper concludes with some future breakthroughs required for fault tolerance to realize its full potential in emerging broad-based service markets.