Self-Repairing Computers

Roland Piquepaille writes "Our computers are probably 10,000 times faster than they were twenty years ago. But operating them is much more complex. You all have experienced a PC crash or the disappearance of a large Internet site. What to do to improve the situation? This Scientific American article describes a new method called recovery-oriented computing (ROC). ROC is based on four principles: speedy recovery by using what these researchers call micro-rebooting; using better tools to pinpoint problems in multicomponent systems; build an "undo" function (similar to those in word-processing programs) for large computing systems; and injecting test errors to better evaluate systems and train operators. Check this column for more details or read the long and dense original article if you want to know more."

Comments

This would be great

[CausticWindow]

coupled with self debugging code.

hmmmmm

[Shishio]

the disappearance of a large Internet site.

Yeah, I wonder what could ever bring down a large Internet site?
Ahem.

Various levels of rebooting...

[jkrise]

Micro-rebooting: Restart service.
Mini-rebooting: Restart Windows 98
Rebooting : Switch off/on power
Macro-rebooting: BSOD.
Mega-rebooting: BSOD--> System crash--> reload OS from Recovery CD--> Reinstall apps --> reinstall screen savers --> reinstall Service Packs --> Say your prayers --> Reboot ---> Curse --> Repeat.