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| ===== distributed systems ===== | ===== distributed systems ===== | ||
| - | + | a [[computer science]] topic (mostly...) | |
| ==== reading ==== | ==== reading ==== | ||
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| **The Eight Fallacies of Distributed Computing** | **The Eight Fallacies of Distributed Computing** | ||
| - | Essentially everyone, when they first build a distributed application, | + | Essentially everyone, when they first build a distributed application, |
| - | the following eight assumptions. All prove to be false in the long run and all | + | |
| - | cause big trouble and painful learning experiences. | + | |
| - The network is reliable | - The network is reliable | ||
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| "A Note on Distributed Computing" | "A Note on Distributed Computing" | ||
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| required because distributed systems require that the programmer be aware of latency, have a dif- | required because distributed systems require that the programmer be aware of latency, have a dif- | ||
| ferent model of memory access, and take into account issues of concurrency and partial failure. | ferent model of memory access, and take into account issues of concurrency and partial failure. | ||
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| ==== soft ==== | ==== soft ==== | ||
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| * ftsh, the fault tolerant shell -> http:// | * ftsh, the fault tolerant shell -> http:// | ||
| + | ==== human driven ==== | ||
| + | * see [[crowdsourcing]] | ||
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| ==== not-so-idle cycles ==== | ==== not-so-idle cycles ==== | ||
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