Distributed Systems – Concepts and Design

Description

Distributed Systems – Concepts and Design. The fifth edition of this best-selling text continues to provide a comprehensive source of material on the principles and practice of distributed computer systems and the exciting new developments based on them, using a wealth of modern case studies to illustrate their design and development. The depth of coverage will enable students to evaluate existing distributed systems and design new ones.

The fifth edition of this book includes new chapters on the Google infrastructure, distributed objects and components, and indirect communication.

The book aims to provide an understanding of the principles on which the Internet and other distributed systems are based; their architecture, algorithms and design; and how they meet the demands of contemporary distributed applications.