The last decade has witnessed rapid proliferation of cloud computing. While
even the smallest distributed programs (with 3-5 actions) produce many
unanticipated error cases due to concurrency involved, it seems short of a
miracle these web-services are able to operate at those vast scales. In this
paper, we explore the factors that contribute most to the high-availability of
cloud computing services and examine where self-stabilization could fit in that
picture

Ailijiang, Ailidani