A Novel Inconsistency Prevention Approach to Dynamic Updating of Web Applications

Subject Areas : Hybrid and switched systems

Seyed Habib Seifzadeh ¹ , Hasan Abolhasani ² , Mohsen Sedighi Meshkenani ³

1 - PhD Student / Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran
2 - Associate Professor/ Sharif University of Technology, Tehran
3 - Assistant Professor/Sharif University of Technology, International Campus, Kish Island

Received: 2012-09-09 Accepted : 2013-04-12 Published : 2013-03-01

Keywords: Availability, Software Maintenance, Dynamic Updating Systems,

Abstract :

Software update requires that running program is stopped, patched and then restarted from start. This cycle mainly causes disruptions to the programs' execution which may be undesirable. Disruptions could turn out to be more problematic in the web applications, because they usually have to provide round-the-clock services. Nowadays, there are systems called Dynamic Updating Systems which are able to update programs without disruption. However, a dynamic updating system capable of updating web applications is infrequent to date. The present study aims to propose approaches needed to compose a web-based dynamic updating system. Providing these approaches, we have focused on preserving programs' consistency. To this end, different states of a web application are considered, and actions which the dynamic updating system must perform in each state are described. This paper concludes with a discussion about the implementation and the evaluation of the proposed approaches.