The Circus replicated procedure call facility for Berkeley UNIX is described. The main components of the system are a paired message protocol, a runtime library implementing replicated procedure call semantics, a binding service for replicated modules, and a stub compiler for the C programming language. The implementation of each of these components is discussed.
Title
Circus: A Replicated Procedure Call Facility
Published
1984-08-01
Full Collection Name
Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences Technical Reports
Other Identifiers
CSD-84-196
Type
Text
Extent
13 p
Archive
The Engineering Library
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