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Departments >> Faculty of Engineering >> Department of Computer Science >> Chair of Computer Science 3 (Hardware Architectures) >>
"DBench" (Dependability Benchmarking)

The DBench project will define a conceptual framework and an experimental environment for benchmarking the dependability of COTS and COTS-based systems. It will provide system developers and end-users with means for
1. characterising and evaluating the dependability of a component or a system,
2. identifying malfunctioning or less weak parts, requiring more attention,
3. tuning a particular component to enhance its dependability, and
4. comparing the dependability of alternative or competing solutions.

The two final measurable objectives that will be produced at the end of the project are a report presenting the concepts, specifications and guidelines for dependability benchmarking and a set of dependability benchmark prototype tools. The prototypes will be made widely available (e.g., through the web whenever possible) to promote their adoption by an audience as wide as possible.
Also see: http://www.faumachine.org

Project manager:
Prof. a.D. Dr. Dr. h.c. Mario Dal Cin

Project participants:
Dr.-Ing. Kerstin Buchacker, Dipl.-Math. Wolfgang Hohl, Akad. ORat, Dipl.-Inf. Hans-Jörg Höxer, Dr.-Ing. Volkmar Sieh, Akad. ORat, Dr.-Ing. Oliver Tschäche, Dipl.-Inf. Balasz Bamer

Keywords:
dependability characterization; dependability assessment; benchmarking; COTS-based systems

Duration: 1.1.2001 - 31.3.2004

Sponsored by:
EU

Publications
Kanoun, K. ; Costa, D. ; Dal Cin, Mario ; Gil, P. ; Laprie, J.-C. ; Madeira, H. ; Suri, N.: DBench: Dependability Benchmarking. In: IEEE (Org.) : Suppl. Proc. 2001, Int. Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks, Göteborg). 2001, pp D12-15.
Buchacker, Kerstin ; Sieh, Volkmar: Framework for Testing the Fault-Tolerance of Systems Including OS and Network Aspects. In: IEEE (Ed.) : Proc. of High-Assurance SystemEngineering Symposium HASE-2001 (High-Assurance SystemEngineering Symposium HASE-2001 Boca Raton 22.-24.10.2001). 2001, pp 95-105.
Sieh, Volkmar ; Buchacker, Kerstin: Testing the Fault-Tolerance of Networked Systems. In: Brinkschulte, U. ; Grosspietsch, K.-E. ; Hochberger, C. ; Mayr, E. W. (Ed.) : ARCS 2002, Workshop Proceedings (International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems ARCS 2002 Karlsruhe 08.-11.04.2002). 2002, pp 37-46. - ISBN 3-8007-2686-6
Höxer, Hans-Jörg ; Sieh, Volkmar ; Buchacker, Kerstin: UMLinux - A Tool for Testing a Linux System's Fault Tolerance. In: LinuxTag 2002 (Ed.) : LinuxTag 2002 (als CD erschienen) (LinuxTag 2002 Karlsruhe 06.-09.06.02). 2002, pp 1-10.
Buchacker, Kerstin ; Dal Cin, Mario ; Höxer, Hans-Jörg ; Karch, R. ; Sieh, Volkmar ; Tschäche, Oliver: Reproducible Dependability Benchmarking Experiments Based on Unambiguosus Benchmark Setup Descriptions. In: IEEE Computer Society (Ed.) : Proceedings of the International Conference on Dependable Systems (International Conference on Dependable Systemsand Networks San Francisco, CA June 22nd - 25th). 2003, pp 469-478.
Buchacker, Kerstin ; Höxer, Hans-Jörg ; Sieh, Volkmar: UMLinux als Sandbox. In: Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik/SecuMedia Verlags-GmbH (Ed.) : IT-Sicherheit im verteilten Chaos (8. Deutscher IT-Sicherheitskongress des BSI Bonn - Bad Godesberg 13.-15. Mai 2003). 2003, pp 409-423.
Tschäche, Oliver: Dependability Benchmarking of Linux based Systems. In: n.b. (Ed.) : Proceedings Informatik 2003, Beiträge des Schwerpunkts Sicherheit - Schutz und Zuverlässigkeit (Informatik 2003, Beiträge des Schwerpunkts Sicherheit - Schutz und Zuverlässigkeit Frankfurt 2003). 2003, pp 237-248.
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