Data grids, large scale web applications generating dynamic content and database service
providing pose significant scalability challenges to database engines. Replication is the …

The widespread use of clusters and Web farms has increased the importance of data
replication. In this article, we show how to implement consistent and scalable data …

Components are widely used for managing distributed applications because they not only
capture the software architecture of managed applications as an assembly of components …

Dynamically adaptive systems sense their environment and adjust themselves to
accommodate to changes in order to maximize performance. Depending on the type of …

Fault tolerance is an important property of large-scale multi-agent systems as the failure rate
grows with both the number of the hosts and deployed agents, and the duration of …

Replication has been widely used in J2EE servers for reliability and scalability. There are
two properties which are important for a stateful J2EE application server. Firstly, the state of …

Multi-tier architectures are now the standard for advanced information systems. Replication
is used to provide high-availability in such architectures. Most existing approaches have …

Three-tier middleware architecture is commonly used for hosting enterprise-distributed
applications. Typically, the application is decomposed into three layers: front end, middle …

Middleware can be viewed as a collection of common services which may fail caused by
various reasons. Recovery-based fault tolerance is an effective way to improve middleware …

Dynamic resource management is a crucial part of the infrastructure for emerging distributed
real-time embedded systems, responsible for kee** mission-critical applications operating …