Reliable distributed systems : technologies, Web services, and applications /
Birman, Kenneth P.,
Reliable distributed systems : technologies, Web services, and applications / Kenneth P. Birman. - xxxi, 668 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 629-659) and index.
Basic distributed computing technologies -- Fundamentals -- Basic communication services -- High assurance communication -- Remote procedure calls and the client/server model -- Styles of client/server computing -- CORBA : the common object request broker architecture -- System support for fast client/server communication -- Web technologies -- The World Wide Web -- Major Web technologies -- Web services -- Related Internet technologies -- Platform technologies -- Reliable distributed computing -- How and why computer systems fail -- Overcoming failures in a distributed system -- Dynamic membership -- Group communication systems -- Point to point and multi-group considerations -- The virtual synchrony execution model -- Consistency in distributed systems -- Applications of reliability techniques -- Retrofitting reliability into complex systems -- Software architectures for group communication -- Related technologies -- Security options for distributed settings -- Clock synchronization and synchronous systems -- Transactional systems -- Peer-to-peer systems and probabilistic protocols -- Prospects for building highly assured Web services -- Other distributed and transactional systems. Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Pt. II. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Pt. III. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. Pt. IV. 20. 21. Pt. V. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27.
"With its well-focused approach and clarity of presentation, this new text is an excellent resource for both advanced students and practitioners in computer science, computer networks and distributed systems. Anyone seeking a solid background in distributed computing and Web Services architectures will find the book an essential and practical learning tool."--BOOK JACKET.
0387215093 9780387215099
2005041656
Electronic data processing--Distributed processing--Reliability.
Computer networks--Reliability
Web services--Reliability
QA76.9.D5 / B5 2005
004.6
Reliable distributed systems : technologies, Web services, and applications / Kenneth P. Birman. - xxxi, 668 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 629-659) and index.
Basic distributed computing technologies -- Fundamentals -- Basic communication services -- High assurance communication -- Remote procedure calls and the client/server model -- Styles of client/server computing -- CORBA : the common object request broker architecture -- System support for fast client/server communication -- Web technologies -- The World Wide Web -- Major Web technologies -- Web services -- Related Internet technologies -- Platform technologies -- Reliable distributed computing -- How and why computer systems fail -- Overcoming failures in a distributed system -- Dynamic membership -- Group communication systems -- Point to point and multi-group considerations -- The virtual synchrony execution model -- Consistency in distributed systems -- Applications of reliability techniques -- Retrofitting reliability into complex systems -- Software architectures for group communication -- Related technologies -- Security options for distributed settings -- Clock synchronization and synchronous systems -- Transactional systems -- Peer-to-peer systems and probabilistic protocols -- Prospects for building highly assured Web services -- Other distributed and transactional systems. Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Pt. II. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Pt. III. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. Pt. IV. 20. 21. Pt. V. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27.
"With its well-focused approach and clarity of presentation, this new text is an excellent resource for both advanced students and practitioners in computer science, computer networks and distributed systems. Anyone seeking a solid background in distributed computing and Web Services architectures will find the book an essential and practical learning tool."--BOOK JACKET.
0387215093 9780387215099
2005041656
Electronic data processing--Distributed processing--Reliability.
Computer networks--Reliability
Web services--Reliability
QA76.9.D5 / B5 2005
004.6