Practice - Comprehensive Taxonomy of Failures in Distributed Systems
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Define Crash Failures.
💡 Hint: Think about how a server might stop unexpectedly.
What are Omission Failures?
💡 Hint: Consider situations where a message might not be delivered.
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What is a crash failure?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens when a server stops responding.
Byzantine failures are characterized by:
💡 Hint: Remember the complexity of having unpredictable process actions.
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Given a scenario of a failed transaction in a distributed payment system, analyze how omission failures could result in lost income.
💡 Hint: Consider the implications of missing message confirmations.
Evaluate a case study where a system employs both local and coordinated checkpointing. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each method in relation to fault tolerance.
💡 Hint: Think about how each method interacts with recovery times and system performance.
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