Consistency management in Deno

  • Authors:

  • Peter J. Keleher;Ugur Cetintemel

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD;Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

  • Venue:
  • Mobile Networks and Applications
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

We describe a new replicated‐object protocol designed for use in mobile and weakly‐connected environments. The protocol differs from previous protocols in combining epidemic information propagation with voting, and in using fixed per‐object currencies for voting. The advantage of epidemic protocols is that data movement only requires pair‐wise communication. Hence, there is no need for a majority quorum to be available and simultaneously connected at any single time. The protocols increase availability by using voting, rather than primary‐copy or primary‐commit schemes. Finally, the use of per‐object currencies allows voting to take place in an entirely decentralized fashion, without any server having complete knowledge of group membership. We show that currency allocation can be used to implement diverse policies. For example, uniform currency distributions emulate traditional voting schemes, while allocating all currency to a single server emulates a primary‐copy scheme. We present simulation results showing both schemes, as well as the performance advantages of using currency proxies to temporarily reallocate currency during planned disconnections. Furthermore, we discuss an initial design of the underlying replicated‐object system and present a basic API.