Using Epidemic Techniques for Building Ultra - Scalable Reliable

Building very large computing systems is extremely challenging, given the lack of scalable communication technologies. This threatens a new generation of mission-critical but very large computing systems. Fortunately, a new generation of “gossip-based” or epidemic protocols can overcome scalability problems, offering security and reliability even in the most demanding settings. Epidemic protocols emulate the spread of an infection in a crowded population, and are both reliable and stable under forms of stress that will disable most traditional protocols. Cornell University’s Spinglass project is developing a new generation of epidemic-based technology for secure, reliable large-scale collaboration and soft real-time communications – even over global networks.