PerDiS PPF Case Study: Fitting a Distributed Garbage Collection Algorithm to a Persistent Distributed Store Architecture

Xavier Blondel (1) , Paulo Ferreira (1) , Marc Shapiro (1)

1 SOR - Distributed Object Systems

Several garbage collection algorithms exist, but it is not always straightforward to adapt them to a given platform. In this article, we describe our work to fit a distributed garbage collection algorithm to a persistant distributed store called PerDiS. We pinpoint ordering and consistency problems, and present the way we solved them. We also address the dilemma of performance versus modularity

Mots clés: gc; rep; mem

Domaines: Calcul parallèle, distribué et partagé [cs.DC]

Xavier Blondel, Paulo Ferreira, Marc Shapiro. PerDiS PPF Case Study: Fitting a Distributed Garbage Collection Algorithm to a Persistent Distributed Store Architecture. OOPSLA'97 Workshop on Garbage Collection and Memory Management, 1997, Atlanta GA, USA, United States. ⟨inria-00444640⟩