DYNAMICALLY MANAGING MEMBERSHIPS IN REPLICATED STATE MACHINES WITHIN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

摘要

A computer-implemented method may comprise processing agreements received over a computer network at a first replicated state machine deployed on processes belonging to a first membership in an order defined by a first globally ordered set of agreements associated with the first membership; receiving an agreement to change membership that is configured to cause the first replicated state machine to be deployed on processes belonging to a second membership that is associated with a second globally ordered set of agreements; and processing the agreement to change membership at a point within the first globally ordered set of agreements.