Publication Date

Spring 2021

Degree Type

Master's Project

Degree Name

Master of Science in Computer Science (MSCS)

Department

Computer Science

First Advisor

Ben Reed

Second Advisor

Navrati Saxena

Third Advisor

Pramod Srinivasan

Keywords

failture detections, ZooKeeper

Abstract

The project introduces an Oracle, a failure detector, in Apache ZooKeeper and makes it fault-tolerant in a two-node system. The project demonstrates the Oracle authorizes the primary process to maintain the liveness when the majority’s rule becomes an obstacle to continue Apache ZooKeeper service. In addition to the property of accuracy and completeness from Chandra et al.’s research, the project proposes the property of see to avoid losing transactions and the property of mutual exclusion to avoid split-brain issues. The hybrid properties render not only more sounder flexibility in the implementation but also stronger guarantees on safety. Thus, the Oracle complements Apache ZooKeeper’s availability.

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