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Workstation clusters are becoming an interesting alternative to dedicated multiprocessors. In thi... more Workstation clusters are becoming an interesting alternative to dedicated multiprocessors. In this environment, the probability of a failure, during an application's execution, increases with the execution time and the number of workstations used. If no provision is made for handling failures, it is unlikely that long running applications will terminate successfully. One solution to this problem is process checkpointing.

Workstation clusters are becoming an interesting alternative to dedicated multiprocessors. In thi... more Workstation clusters are becoming an interesting alternative to dedicated multiprocessors. In this environment, the probability of a failure, during an application's execution, increases with the execution time and the number of workstations used. If no provision is made for handling failures, it is unlikely that long running applications will terminate successfully. One solution to this problem is process checkpointing.

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