1. Chapter 1: A Review : Distributed System

1.9. Summary Chapter 1

  • Distributed systems are pervasive 
  • Resource sharing is the primary motivation for constructing distributed systems
  • Characterization of Distributed System
    • Concurrency
    • No global clock
    • Independent failures
  • Challenges to construct distributed system
    • Heterogeneity
    • Openness
    • Security
    • Scalability
    • Failure handling
    • Concurrency
    • Transparency