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Placement of data replicas for optimal data availability in ring networks

  • X. D. Hu
  • , X. H. Jia*
  • , D. Z. Du
  • , D. Y. Li
  • , H. J. Huang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • City University of Hong Kong

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Abstract

This paper discusses the problem of placing data replicas in a ring network to maximize data availability. For read-any/write-all protocol, we prove that the equally spacing placement is optimal for read-dominant systems, while the grouping placement is optimal for write-dominant systems. For majority-voting protocol, we give some necessary conditions for optimal placements.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1412-1424
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
Volume61
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Data availability
  • Data replication
  • Distributed databases
  • Fault tolerance
  • Ring networks

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