Architectures and algorithms for scalable wide-area information systems
Renu Tewari, Harrick M. Vin · 1998
viii Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Motivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2 Information Systems: A Historical Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.3 Influence of Scale on Information System Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.3.1 What is Scalability? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.3.2 Magnitude of Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.3.3 Design Principles for Scalability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1.4 Summary of Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1.4.1 Scalable Server Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1.4.2 Scalable Information Delivery Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1.5 Outline of Dissertation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Chapter 2 Scalable Server Design 15 2.1 Data and Access Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...