Fault tolerant and dependable distributed systems
Karl Michael Goeschka, R. Smeikal, Schmidt, Heinrich · RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library) · 2005
Distributed systems are of unprecedented interest and importance today. They serve as means for fault tolerance, load balance and increased performance, and for connecting users and services. Distributed systems are an aspect for many disciplines in computer science and engineering, such as hardware, embedded and real-time systems, component-based systems and middleware, software agents, distributed databases and replication, and communication systems. Nevertheless, there are common principles and practices underlying the design and implementation of distributed systems.