Chapter 1: Distributed Systems: What is a distributed system?
Chapter 1: Distributed Systems: What is a distributed system?
Chapter 1: Distributed Systems: What is a distributed system?
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Kangasharju: <strong>D<strong>is</strong>tributed</strong> <strong>Systems</strong><br />
General Multicomputer <strong>Systems</strong><br />
� Hardware: see Ch1 (internet etc.)<br />
� Loosely connected <strong>system</strong>s<br />
� nodes: autonomous<br />
� communication: slow and vulnerable<br />
� => cooperation at ”service level”<br />
� Application architectures<br />
� multiprocessor <strong>system</strong>s: parallel computation<br />
� multicomputer <strong>system</strong>s: d<strong>is</strong>tributed <strong>system</strong>s<br />
� ( how are parallel, concurrent, and d<strong>is</strong>tributed <strong>system</strong>s<br />
different?)<br />
October 23, 08<br />
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