On Speculative Replication of Transactional Systems
P. Romano, R. Palmieri, F. Quaglia, N. Carvalho and L. Rodrigues
Selected sections of this report were published in the proceedings of
the 8th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed
Processing with Applications (ISPA), Taiwan, Taipei, September
2010.
Abstract
In this paper we investigate the problem of speculative processing
in a replicated transactional system layered on top of an optimistic
atomic broadcast service. We consider a realistic model in which
transactions' read/write sets are not known a-priori, and
transactions' data access patterns may vary depending on
the observed snapshot. We formalize a set of
correctness and optimality properties aimed at ensuring that
transactions are not activated on inconsistent snapshots, as well as
the minimality and completeness of the set of explored serialization orders.
Finally, an optimal speculative transaction replication protocol is presented.
Also available extended report(pdf)
Luís Rodrigues