Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques that include provisioning compute nodes within a data center out of available pools of hardware. In one example, this disclosure describes a method that includes monitoring, by a computing system, a first workload executing on a first compute node, wherein the first compute node includes processing circuitry and first node secondary storage; monitoring, by the computing system, a second workload executing on a second cluster of compute nodes; expanding, by the computing system, the second cluster of compute nodes to include a second compute node that includes second node secondary storage; redeploying the processing circuitry included within the first compute node to the second compute node; and enabling, by the computing system, the second workload to continue executing on the second cluster of compute nodes including the second compute node.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques that include provisioning compute nodes within a data center out of available pools of hardware. In one example, this disclosure describes a method that includes monitoring, by a computing system, a first workload executing on a first compute node, wherein the first compute node includes processing circuitry and first node secondary storage; monitoring, by the computing system, a second workload executing on a second cluster of compute nodes; expanding, by the computing system, the second cluster of compute nodes to include a second compute node that includes second node secondary storage; redeploying the processing circuitry included within the first compute node to the second compute node; and enabling, by the computing system, the second workload to continue executing on the second cluster of compute nodes including the second compute node.

Abstract: Log-Based Rollback Recovery for system failures. The system includes a storage medium, and a component configured to transition through a series of states. The component is further configured to record in the storage medium the state of the component every time the component communicates with another component in the system, the system being configured to recover the most recent state recorded in the storage medium following a failure of the component.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques that include provisioning compute nodes within a data center out of available pools of hardware. In one example, this disclosure describes a method that includes monitoring, by a computing system, a first workload executing on a first compute node, wherein the first compute node includes processing circuitry and first node secondary storage; monitoring, by the computing system, a second workload executing on a second cluster of compute nodes; expanding, by the computing system, the second cluster of compute nodes to include a second compute node that includes second node secondary storage; redeploying the processing circuitry included within the first compute node to the second compute node; and enabling, by the computing system, the second workload to continue executing on the second cluster of compute nodes including the second compute node.

Abstract: A distributed system for creating a checkpoint for a plurality of processes running on the distributed system. The distributed system includes a plurality of compute nodes with an operating system executing on each compute node. A checkpoint library resides at the user level on each of the compute nodes, and the checkpoint library is transparent to the operating system residing on the same compute node and to the other compute nodes. Each checkpoint library uses a windowed messaging logging protocol for checkpointing of the distributed system. Processes participating in a distributed computation on the distributed system may be migrated from one compute node to another compute node in the distributed system by re-mapping of hardware addresses using the checkpoint library.

Abstract: Log-Based Rollback Recovery for system failures. The system includes a storage medium, and a component configured to transition through a series of states. The component is further configured to record in the storage medium the state of the component every time the component communicates with another component in the system, the system being configured to recover the most recent state recorded in the storage medium following a failure of the component.

Abstract: A distributed system for creating a checkpoint for a plurality of processes running on the distributed system. The distributed system includes a plurality of compute nodes with an operating system executing on each compute node. A checkpoint library resides at the user level on each of the compute nodes, and the checkpoint library is transparent to the operating system residing on the same compute node and to the other compute nodes. Each checkpoint library uses a windowed messaging logging protocol for checkpointing of the distributed system. Processes participating in a distributed computation on the distributed system may be migrated from one compute node to another compute node in the distributed system by re-mapping of hardware addresses using the checkpoint library.

Abstract: Log-Based Rollback Recovery for system failures. The system includes a storage medium, and a component configured to transition through a series of states. The component is further configured to record in the storage medium the state of the component every time the component communicates with another component in the system, the system being configured to recover the most recent state recorded in the storage medium following a failure of the component.

Abstract: An adaptive overlay network and method of operating the same. A location table is used to directly map logical addresses of machines (e.g., virtual or physical) within the network to their respective physical addresses alleviating the need for encapsulation and virtual switches to perform communications between these machines.

Abstract: A distributed system for creating a checkpoint for a plurality of processes running on the distributed system. The distributed system includes a plurality of compute nodes with an operating system executing on each compute node. A checkpoint library resides at the user level on each of the compute nodes, and the checkpoint library is transparent to the operating system residing on the same compute node and to the other compute nodes. Each checkpoint library uses a windowed messaging logging protocol for checkpointing of the distributed system. Processes participating in a distributed computation on the distributed system may be migrated from one compute node to another compute node in the distributed system by re-mapping of hardware addresses using the checkpoint library.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for retrieving data from a snapshot data storage system, for each epoch, a snapshot including (i) all changed data, and (ii) an index is created. The index includes an entry for each page that has changed during the epoch. For rapidly retrieving the data as of any given time, the method creates a hash table that includes an entry for each data page that has changed since the baseline was created. The hash table entry indicates the epoch in which the data most recently changed and an offset corresponding to the location of the changed data in the corresponding snapshot. The hash table is created by inserting an entry for each page in the most recent index, and then examining the remaining indices for all other snapshots from the most recent to the oldest snapshot and adding any non-duplicate entries into the table.

Abstract: A distributed system for creating a checkpoint for a plurality of processes running on the distributed system. The distributed system includes a plurality of compute nodes with an operating system executing on each compute node. A checkpoint library resides at the user level on each of the compute nodes, and the checkpoint library is transparent to the operating system residing on the same compute node and to the other compute nodes. Each checkpoint library uses a windowed messaging logging protocol for checkpointing of the distributed system. Processes participating in a distributed computation on the distributed system may be migrated from one compute node to another compute node in the distributed system by re-mapping of hardware addresses using the checkpoint library.

Abstract: A method of managing backup data. The method includes accessing, via a backup manager, index data of an initial snapshot and accessing, via the backup manager, index data of a subsequent snapshot. The method further includes determining, via the backup manager, whether the index data of the subsequent snapshot is different from the index data of the initial snapshot. Responsive to a determination that the index data of the subsequent snapshot is different from the index data of the initial snapshot, creating an updated index data and creating an updated snapshot with the updated index data.

Abstract: Log-Based Rollback Recovery for system failures. The system includes a storage medium, and a component configured to transition through a series of states. The component is further configured to record in the storage medium the state of the component every time the component communicates with another component in the system, the system being configured to recover the most recent state recorded in the storage medium following a failure of the component.

Abstract: A distributed system for creating a checkpoint for a plurality of processes running on the distributed system. The distributed system includes a plurality of compute nodes with an operating system executing on each compute node. A checkpoint library resides at the user level on each of the compute nodes, and the checkpoint library is transparent to the operating system residing on the same compute node and to the other compute nodes. Each checkpoint library uses a windowed messaging logging protocol for checkpointing of the distributed system. Processes participating in a distributed computation on the distributed system may be migrated from one compute node to another compute node in the distributed system by re-mapping of hardware addresses using the checkpoint library.

Abstract: A distributed system for creating a checkpoint for a plurality of processes running on the distributed system. The distributed system includes a plurality of compute nodes with an operating system executing on each compute node. A checkpoint library resides at the user level on each of the compute nodes, and the checkpoint library is transparent to the operating system residing on the same compute node and to the other compute nodes. Each checkpoint library uses a windowed messaging logging protocol for checkpointing of the distributed system. Processes participating in a distributed computation on the distributed system may be migrated from one compute node to another compute node in the distributed system by re-mapping of hardware addresses using the checkpoint library.

Abstract: A method of managing backup data. The method includes accessing, via a backup manager, index data of an initial snapshot and accessing, via the backup manager, index data of a subsequent snapshot. The method further includes determining, via the backup manager, whether the index data of the subsequent snapshot is different from the index data of the initial snapshot. Responsive to a determination that the index data of the subsequent snapshot is different from the index data of the initial snapshot, creating an updated index data and creating an updated snapshot with the updated index data.

Abstract: Log-Based Rollback Recovery for system failures. The system includes a storage medium, and a component configured to transition through a series of states. The component is further configured to record in the storage medium the state of the component every time the component communicates with another component in the system, the system being configured to recover the most recent state recorded in the storage medium following a failure of the component.

Abstract: Approaches to efficiently creating a checkpoint of the process are described. In one approach, a method of performing a checkpoint operation on a process involves detecting a change in the contents of a memory page associated with the process. This change occurred after a preceding checkpoint operation. The method also involves modifying a data structure, at a location corresponding to the contents of that memory page.

Abstract: A distributed system for creating a checkpoint for a plurality of processes running on the distributed system. The distributed system includes a plurality of compute nodes with an operating system executing on each compute node. A checkpoint library resides at the user level on each of the compute nodes, and the checkpoint library is transparent to the operating system residing on the same compute node and to the other compute nodes. Each checkpoint library uses a windowed messaging logging protocol for checkpointing of the distributed system. Processes participating in a distributed computation on the distributed system may be migrated from one compute node to another compute node in the distributed system by re-mapping of hardware addresses using the checkpoint library.