Load balanced distributed directories

Shishir Rai, Gokarna Sharma, Costas Busch, Maurice Herlihy

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2 Scopus citations

Abstract

We present LB-Spiral, a novel distributed directory protocol for shared objects, suitable for large-scale distributed shared memory systems. Each shared object has an owner node that can modify its value. The ownership may change by moving the object from one node to another in response to move requests. The value of an object can be read by other nodes with lookup requests. The distinctive feature of LB-Spiral is that it balances the processing load on nodes in addition to minimizing the communication cost in general network topologies. In contrast, the existing distributed directory protocols for general network topologies only minimize the communication cost. In particular, LB-Spiral achieves poly-log approximation for both load and communication cost in general networks with respect to the problem parameters.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationStabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems - 20th International Symposium, SSS 2018, Proceedings
EditorsTaisuke Izumi, Petr Kuznetsov
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages221-238
Number of pages18
ISBN (Print)9783030032319
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event20th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems, SSS 2018 - Tokyo, Japan
Duration: Nov 4 2018Nov 7 2018

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11201 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference20th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems, SSS 2018
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityTokyo
Period11/4/1811/7/18

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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