The byzantine empire in the intercloud
- 3 September 2010
- journal article
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in ACM SIGACT News
- Vol. 41 (3), 105-111
- https://doi.org/10.1145/1855118.1855137
Abstract
The relevance of Byzantine fault tolerance in the context of cloud computing has been questioned [3]. While arguments against Byzantine fault tolerance seemingly makes sense in the context of a single cloud, i.e., a large-scale cloud infrastructure that resides under control of a single, typically commercial provider, these arguments are less obvious in a broader context of the Intercloud, i.e., a cloud of multiple, independent clouds. In this paper, we start from commonly acknowledged issues that impede the adoption of Byzantine fault tolerance within a single cloud, and argue that many of these issues fade when Byzantine fault tolerance in the Intercloud is considered.Keywords
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