Authors:
Arun Kumar Rajamandrapu
Addresses:
Department of Vehicle Connectivity, General Motors, Warren, Michigan, United States of America.
Cloud computing is popular in modern businesses because it is scalable, versatile, and cost-effective. Due to the spread and complexity of cloud infrastructures, fault tolerance is crucial. This research focuses on improved cloud failure tolerance using Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). Decentralised and immutable DLT offers verifiable and transparent transaction history, data consistency, and decentralised recovery, promising to improve cloud infrastructure stability and robustness. This study examines how DLT improves cloud-based detection, recovery, and fault tolerance. Using blockchain and cloud services to create a fault-tolerant system is novel. Comparison of fault tolerance solutions in existing cloud settings with DLT integration is the plan. Data was obtained during failure testing simulations using genuine cloud infrastructure platforms and blockchain networks. Recovery time, defect detection, energy utilisation, and uptime were measured. Graphviz was used to create flowcharts, and Matplotlib was utilised for graphs and plots. Test results show improved fault tolerance due to lower fault impact and faster recovery from DLT. DLT can make cloud systems more fault-tolerant and resilient, setting the pace for distributed computing innovation, the research concludes.
Keywords: Fault Tolerance; Cloud System Reliability; Distributed Ledger Technology; Blockchain and Cloud Computing; System Management; Resilience Techniques; Computing Capabilities; Failure Management.
Received on: 15/08/2024, Revised on: 01/11/2024, Accepted on: 20/12/2024, Published on: 05/03/2025
DOI: 10.64091/ATICS.2025.000105
AVE Trends in Intelligent Computing Systems, 2025 Vol. 2 No. 1, Pages: 52-61