João Lourenço
Changing the world, one student at a time…
Computer Science Department, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Quinta da Torre, P-2829-516 CAPARICA, Portugal — joao.lourenco [AT] fct [DOT] unl [DOT] pt (email)
Byzantium: Byzantine-fault-tolerant database replication providing snapshot isolation
- Citation:
- Preguiça, N., R. Rodrigues, C. Honorato, and J. M. Lourenço, "Byzantium: Byzantine-fault-tolerant database replication providing snapshot isolation", Proceedings of the Fourth conference on Hot topics in system dependability, Berkeley, CA, USA, USENIX Association, pp. 9–9, 2008.
Abstract:
Database systems are a key component behind many of today's computer systems. As a consequence, it is crucial that database systems provide correct and continuous service despite unpredictable circumstances, such as software bugs or attacks. This paper presents the design of Byzantium, a Byzantine fault-tolerant database replication middleware that provides snapshot isolation (SI) semantics. SI is very popular because it allows increased concurrency when compared to serializability, while providing similar behavior for typical workloads. Thus, Byzantium improves on existing proposals by allowing increased concurrency and not relying on any centralized component. Our middleware can be used with off-the-shelf database systems and it is built on top of an existing BFT library.
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