On best-effort and dependability, service-orientation and panacea

Authors:
Aad van Moorsel
Affiliations:
School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle, UK
Venue:
ISAS'05 Proceedings of the Second international conference on Service Availability
Year:
2005

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Abstract

In this short position paper we argue that dependability technologies must be based on best-effort engineering principles, if they are to be useful for general-purpose enterprise and consumer IT. We will explain why ‘best-effort based dependability' is not an oxymoron, but, instead, a necessity. We will also argue that service-orientation fits the best-effort engineering philosophy, and in that sense is part of the panacea for high-availability.