Workshop topic: Java on CRaC: coordinated instant start

[Andrew Haley]

On 6/14/19 4:13 AM, Gil Tene wrote:
> Abstract:
> We propose adding a new Checkpoint / Restore-at-Checkpoint (CRaC)
> capability to OpenJDK, supported by a simple and robust API that
> would ensure applications and (most importantly) application
> frameworks are able to safely coordinate the checkpointing process
> and the state restoration activities needed to achieve near-instant-start
> of fully warmed application instances. Real code, examples, and
> actual numbers will be discussed.​
> 
> Possible question for session participants to address:
> 
> Q: What resources need coordination via this API?
> 
> Q: What frameworks constitute a good critical set for
>      common use cases (e..g tomcat + JDBC connection pool, and…)
> 
> Q: What would it take for frameworks to start writing
>      to such an API?

Christine Flood has been working on this for some time, and will be
presenting at conferences. I think you should co-ordinate with her.

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Andrew Haley
Java Platform Lead Engineer
Red Hat UK Ltd. <https://www.redhat.com>
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