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Optimization criteria for checkpoint placement

By C. M. Krishna, Yann-Hang Lee, Kang G. Shin
Communications of the ACM, October 1984, Vol. 27 No. 10, Pages 1008-1012
10.1145/358274.358282
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Mean response time and availability as optimization criteria for checkpoint placement are better replaced by workable formulas that calculate the ratio between the marginal gain accrued to users who experience system failure and the (presumably slight) loss suffered on average by all users.

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