The FLP theorem: impossibility of achieving consensus within distributed systems
For this week, my distributed systems course just assigned us students a reading assignment: “Impossibility of distributed consensus with one faulty proce...
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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...
Distributed Systems Introduction notes
The main take away with the introduction to distributed systems lectures is that as system designers, we need to carefully inspect our program and identify what...