Why is Lamport’s Scalar Clock only consistent, not strongly consistent?
For the last couple days, I’ve been watching the distributed systems video lectures and reading the recommended papers that cover logical clocks. Even aft...
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8 fallacies of distributed computing
Rotem-Gal-Oz, A. (2005). Fallacies of Distributed Computing Explained. Cognitive biases (built-in patterns of thinking) and fallacies (errors in thoughts) creep...
What are good models and what models are good?
Schneider, F. B. (1993). What good are models and what models are good. Distributed Systems, 2, 17–26. Paper Summary In his seminal paper on models (as they app...
Distributed Computing – Lesson 1 Summary
Summary Distributed systems are everywhere: social media, internet of things, single server systems — all part of larger, distributed systems. But how do you de...
Spring 2021: Distributed Computing
Yes! I’m finally registered for the distributed computing course. This course is hot off the press! It’s spanking brand new to the OMSCS program and...
Squeezing the most out of your study sessions (midterm and final exam preparation)
Why publish my studying techniques? This semester, I manage to pull off an A not only for the midterm and final exams, but for the class as a whole. My intentio...
Giant Scale Services – Summary and notes
Introduction We’ll address some questions like “how to program big data systems” and how to “store and disseminate content on the web in...
Free E-book: Advanced operating systems (AOS) refresher course – summary and study guide
Click here to download “Advanced OS refresher course – summary and study guide” I compiled my various blog posts from the advanced operating s...
Enterprise Java Beans – notes and summary
Introduction Key Words: EJB, enterprise java beans Discuss how we can structure system software for large scale distributed sytem service Inter Enterprise View ...
Recovery management in Quicksilver – Notes and Summary
The original paper “Recovery management in quicksilver” introduces a transaction manager that’s responsible for managing servers and coordinat...