Application Checkpointing

Application Checkpointing

Checkpointing is a technique for inserting fault tolerance into computing systems. It basically consists of storing a snapshot of the current application state, and later on, use it for restarting the execution in case of failure.

Read more about Application Checkpointing:  Technique Properties, Use in Distributed Shared Memory Systems, Practical Implementations For Linux/Unix

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