Replica Synchronization in Distributed File System using Asynchronous Replication
| International Journal of Computer Science and Engineering |
| © 2015 by SSRG - IJCSE Journal |
| Volume 2 Issue 2 |
| Year of Publication : 2015 |
| Authors : Mr. B. Muruganantham, Mr.Tushar Kumar Pandey |
10.14445/23488387/IJCSE-V2I2P103
How to Cite?
Mr. B. Muruganantham, Mr.Tushar Kumar Pandey, "Replica Synchronization in Distributed File System using Asynchronous Replication," SSRG International Journal of Computer Science and Engineering , vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 12-16, 2015. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23488387/IJCSE-V2I2P103
Abstract:
The availability of resources in a distributed environment is an important factor to be considered when designing a distributed system. Replication is a well-known technique to achieve fault tolerance in distributed systems, thereby enhancing availability. But some efficient techniques are required to keep all the replicas consistent i.e every replica should have the same copy of the data. When a user changes or does any modification, the similar modification has to be done on every other replica for the purpose of achieving consistency. Proposed method uses write through mechanism i.e. whenever the client make any modification on the file, that modification will be immediately transmitted to the server, so the server can also perform similar modification on the server copy of the file and then asynchronous replication is followed i.e whenever any modification is done, first the primary copy is updated and new version number is added with the dirty bit marked as 0. This shows that the data is a valid data. A threshold is set between subsequent modification and once the threshold is reached, then the updates will be propagated to other replicas also. It ensures data consistency from the viewpoint of client
Keywords:
File Replication, Update Propagation
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