Distributed Systems, 2nd Edition

Preface

Distributed systems have witnessed phenomenal growth in the past few years. The declining cost of hardware, the advancements in communication technology, the explosive growth of the Internet, and our ever-increasing dependence on networks for a wide range of applications ranging from social communication to financial transactions have contributed to this growth. The breakthroughs in embedded systems, nanotechnology, and wireless communication have opened up new frontiers of applications like sensor networks and wearable computers. The rapid growth of cloud computing and the growing importance of big data have changed the landscape of distributed computing.

Most applications in distributed computing center around a set of core subproblems. ...