Optimization criteria for checkpoint placement

  • Authors:
  • C. M. Krishna;Yann-Hang Lee;Kang G. Shin

  • Affiliations:
  • Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor;Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor;Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1984

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Abstract

Mean response time and availability as optimization criteria for checkpoint placement are better replaced by workable formulas that calculate the ratio between the marginal gain accrued to users who experience system failure and the (presumably slight) loss suffered on average by all users.