Failure Classification with respect to
Andrea Bondavalli, Luca Simoncini · 1990
This paper tries to provide a comprehensive classification of failures in computing systems. Classifying failures and understanding their nature is fundamental if one wants to design a system which is able to tolerate and/or continue service despite malfunctions. The main contribution that this paper provides is the possibility of characterizing systems with respect to their failure modes and therefore providing designers with a way to choose the most appropriate detection techniques for each particular system. It is important, as well, that a designer can choose the most appropriate algorithms for treating failures to ensure continuity of service. Our failure classification can be used :!< n basis for this aim even though treatment of failures inay present some aspects which may require specific analysis.