Hardware Support for Introspective Servers
Introspective, self-maintaining servers need hardware support
- tightly-integrated monitoring on all components
- device “health,” performance data, access patterns, environmental info, ...
- shared-nothing architecture for scalability, heterogeneity, availability
- redundancy at all levels
- idiot-proof packaging that’s compact, easily scaled, easily maintained
ISTORE uses clusters of intelligent device bricks to provide this support