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Reliable distributed systems : technologies, Web services, and applications / Kenneth P. Birman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Springer, 2005Description: xxxi, 668 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0387215093
  • 9780387215099
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 004.6 22
LOC classification:
  • QA76.9.D5 B5 2005
Contents:
Pt. I. Basic distributed computing technologies -- 1. Fundamentals -- 2. Basic communication services -- 3. High assurance communication -- 4. Remote procedure calls and the client/server model -- 5. Styles of client/server computing -- 6. CORBA : the common object request broker architecture -- 7. System support for fast client/server communication -- Pt. II. Web technologies -- 8. The World Wide Web -- 9. Major Web technologies -- 10. Web services -- 11. Related Internet technologies -- 12. Platform technologies -- Pt. III. Reliable distributed computing -- 13. How and why computer systems fail -- 14. Overcoming failures in a distributed system -- 15. Dynamic membership -- 16. Group communication systems -- 17. Point to point and multi-group considerations -- 18. The virtual synchrony execution model -- 19. Consistency in distributed systems -- Pt. IV. Applications of reliability techniques -- 20. Retrofitting reliability into complex systems -- 21. Software architectures for group communication -- Pt. V. Related technologies -- 22. Security options for distributed settings -- 23. Clock synchronization and synchronous systems -- 24. Transactional systems -- 25. Peer-to-peer systems and probabilistic protocols -- 26. Prospects for building highly assured Web services -- 27. Other distributed and transactional systems.
Review: "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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 629-659) and index.

Pt. I. Basic distributed computing technologies -- 1. Fundamentals -- 2. Basic communication services -- 3. High assurance communication -- 4. Remote procedure calls and the client/server model -- 5. Styles of client/server computing -- 6. CORBA : the common object request broker architecture -- 7. System support for fast client/server communication -- Pt. II. Web technologies -- 8. The World Wide Web -- 9. Major Web technologies -- 10. Web services -- 11. Related Internet technologies -- 12. Platform technologies -- Pt. III. Reliable distributed computing -- 13. How and why computer systems fail -- 14. Overcoming failures in a distributed system -- 15. Dynamic membership -- 16. Group communication systems -- 17. Point to point and multi-group considerations -- 18. The virtual synchrony execution model -- 19. Consistency in distributed systems -- Pt. IV. Applications of reliability techniques -- 20. Retrofitting reliability into complex systems -- 21. Software architectures for group communication -- Pt. V. Related technologies -- 22. Security options for distributed settings -- 23. Clock synchronization and synchronous systems -- 24. Transactional systems -- 25. Peer-to-peer systems and probabilistic protocols -- 26. Prospects for building highly assured Web services -- 27. Other distributed and transactional systems.

"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.

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