Front Matter....Pages I-XXII
Introduction....Pages 1-42
Front Matter....Pages 43-43
The Way of the Cloud....Pages 45-67
Client Perspective....Pages 69-100
Network Perspective....Pages 101-143
The Structure of Cloud Data Centers....Pages 145-183
Remote Procedure Calls and the Client/Server Model....Pages 185-247
CORBA: The Common Object Request Broker Architecture....Pages 249-269
System Support for Fast Client/Server Communication....Pages 271-284
Front Matter....Pages 285-286
How and Why Computer Systems Fail....Pages 287-299
Overcoming Failures in a Distributed System....Pages 301-337
Dynamic Membership....Pages 339-367
Group Communication Systems....Pages 369-405
Point to Point and Multi-group Considerations....Pages 407-418
The Virtual Synchrony Execution Model....Pages 419-455
Consistency in Distributed Systems....Pages 457-470
Front Matter....Pages 471-471
Retrofitting Reliability into Complex Systems....Pages 473-508
Software Architectures for Group Communication....Pages 509-539
Front Matter....Pages 541-541
Security Options for Distributed Settings....Pages 543-569
Clock Synchronization and Synchronous Systems....Pages 571-586
Transactional Systems....Pages 587-607
Front Matter....Pages 541-541
Peer-to-Peer Systems and Probabilistic Protocols....Pages 609-634
Appendix A: Virtually Synchronous Methodology for Building Dynamic Reliable Services....Pages 635-671
Appendix B: Isis 2 API....Pages 673-680
Appendix C: Problems....Pages 681-701
Back Matter....Pages 703-730