Usando replicação ativa para prover tolerância a falhas de forma transparente a uma implementação da plataforma J2EE.

Abstract

The use of developing platforms to support the implementation of distributed applications has become a trend. These platforms provide a number of specialized services that help programmers to focus on the business logic of the applications they develop, instead of wasting precious time with the implementation of infrastructure services. J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) is a platform backed up by SUN Microsystems that has lately gain a lot of attention. Unfortunately, the J2EE specification does not provide any support for fault tolerance, a non-functional requirement more and more necessary for distributed applications. Developers of such applications must themselves provide the necessary mechanisms to fulfill the requirements of the applications. Alternatively, they can use implementations of the platform that are themselves fault tolerant. In this dissertation we present the design and implementation of such a platform. Unlike other implementations available, that use passive replication, our approach uses active replication to provide a solution that is highly reliable and totally transparent to the application.