Distributed Systems : Principles and Paradigms by Maarten Van Steen and Andrew S. Tanenbaum (2001, Hardcover)

Prentice Hall PTR

0130888931

9780130888938

1981592

Maarten Van Steen, Andrew S. Tanenbaum

Distributed Systems : Principles and Paradigms

Hardcover

English

2001

Textbook

803 Pages

9.4in

1.3in

7.2in

47.8 Oz

Qa76.9.D5t36 2002

(NOTE: Each chapter concludes with a Summary section. ) 1. Introduction. Definition of a Distributed System. Goals. Hardware Concepts. Software Concepts. The Client-Server Model. 2. Communication. Layered Protocols. Remote Procedure Call. Remote Object Invocation. Message-Oriented Communication. Stream-Oriented Communication. 3. Processes. Threads. Clients. Servers. Code Migration. Software Agents. 4. Naming. Naming Entities. Locating Mobile Entities. Removing Unreferenced Entities. 5. Synchronization. Clock Synchronization. Logical Clocks. Global State. Election Algorithms. Mutual Exclusion. Distributed Transactions. 6. Consistency and Replication. Introduction. Data-Centric Consistency Models. Client-Centric Consistency Models. Distribution Protocols. Consistency Protocols. Examples. 7. Fault Tolerance. Introduction to Fault Tolerance. Process Resilience. Reliable Client-Server Communication. Reliable Group Communication. Distributed Commit. Recovery. 8. Security. Introduction to Security. Secure Channels. Access Control. Security Management. Example: Kerberos. Example: SEASAME. Example: Electronic Payment Systems. 9. Distributed Object-Based Systems. CORBA. Distributed COM. Globe. Comparison of CORBA, DCOM, and Globe. 10. Distributed File Systems. Sun Network File System. The Coda File System. Other Distributed File Systems. Comparison of Distributed File Systems. 11. Distributed Document-Based Systems. The World Wide Web. Lotus Notes. Comparison of WWW and Lotus Notes. 12. Distributed Coordination-Based Systems. Introduction to Coordination Models. TIB/Rendezvous. Jini. Comparison of TIB/Rendezvous and Jini. 13. Bibliography and Suggested Readings. Suggestions for Further Reading. Alphabetical Bibliography. Index.

2002

College Audience

Systems Architecture / Distributed Systems & Computing, Client-Server Computing

2001-279290

005.4/476

22

Yes

Computers