Distributed system design
By: Jie Wu.
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Boca Raton, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 465
Subjects: Electronic data processing -- Distributed processing.; System design.
Description: This reference outlines the main motivations for building a distributed system, including inherently distributed applications, performance / cost, resource sharing, flexibility and extendibility, availability and fault tolerance, and scalability. Presenting basic concepts, problems, and possible solutions, Distributed System Design serves graduate students in distributed system design as well as computer professionals analyzing and designing distributed / open / parallel systems.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 448-452) and index.