Distributed and Cloud Computing

Chapter 1

Distributed System Models and Enabling Technologies

Chapter Outline

Summary

1.1 Scalable Computing over the Internet

1.1.1 The Age of Internet Computing

1.1.2 Scalable Computing Trends and New Paradigms

1.1.3 The Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems

1.2 Technologies for Network-based Systems

1.2.1 Multicore CPUs and Multithreading Technologies

1.2.2 GPU Computing to Exascale and Beyond

1.2.3 Memory, Storage, and Wide-Area Networking

1.2.4 Virtual Machines and Virtualization Middleware

1.2.5 Data Center Virtualization for Cloud Computing

1.3 System Models for Distributed and Cloud Computing

1.3.1 Clusters of Cooperative Computers

1.3.2 Grid Computing Infrastructures

1.3.3 Peer-to-Peer Network Families

1.3.4 Cloud Computing over ...