A data mining based approach to reliable distributed systems

The purpose of this paper is to open a novel research perspective on reliable distributed systems. The underlying hypothesis is that dynamic models of distributed systems can be established by the use of data mining techniques being applied to data gathered in observing the distributed systems. Feeding observations in an on-line monitoring process into such a model allows predicting upcoming reliability and performance problems, thus enabling the user or the system to take preventive measures for increased reliability or performance. We present the general approach and elaborate a concrete scenario of applying this approach in the field of distributed data mining algorithms. Keywords-data mining; distributed systems; reliability;