Fault-Tolerance Techniques for High-Performance Computing

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Herault, Thomas (Editor), Robert, Yves (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Computer Communications and Networks,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer software > Reusability.; Computer system failures.; Numerical analysis.; Computer Science.; System Performance and Evaluation.; Performance and Reliability.; Numeric Computing.

This timely text/reference presents a comprehensive overview of fault tolerance techniques for high-performance computing (HPC). The text opens with a detailed introduction to the concepts of checkpoint protocols and scheduling algorithms, prediction, replication, silent error detection and correcti...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: General Overview
• Fault-Tolerance Techniques for High-Performance Computing
• Part II: Technical Contributions
• Errors and Faults
• Fault-Tolerant MPI
• Using Replication for Resilience on Exascale Systems
• Energy-Aware Check pointing Strategies.