An Application-Assisted Checkpoint-Restart Mechanism for Java Applications

Diana Andreea Popescu (1) , Eliana-Dina Tirsa (2) , Mugurel Ionut Andreica (2) , Valentin Cristea (2)

1 EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2 Parallel and Distributed Systems Laboratory [Bucarest]

In this paper we present a novel application-assisted checkpoint-restart mechanism for Java applications. The checkpoint-restart API provides the application developers with full control over what data needs to be check-pointed. The novelty of our system is that it allows different checkpoint periods for different data items. Our implementation makes full use of the Java Reflection API.

Mots clés: checkpoint; restart; Java; fault tolerance

Domaines: Performance et fiabilité [cs.PF]; Génie logiciel [cs.SE]; Algorithme et structure de données [cs.DS]; Calcul parallèle, distribué et partagé [cs.DC]

Diana Andreea Popescu, Eliana-Dina Tirsa, Mugurel Ionut Andreica, Valentin Cristea. An Application-Assisted Checkpoint-Restart Mechanism for Java Applications. Proceedings of the IEEE 12th International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (ISPDC) (ISBN: 978-1-4799-2967-2 / 978-0-7695-5018-3), Jun 2013, Bucharest, Romania. pp.190-197, ⟨10.1109/ISPDC.2013.33⟩. ⟨hal-00818030⟩