Distributed and Cloud Computing: From Parallel Processing to the Internet of Things

by Kai Hwang, Jack Dongarra, Geoffrey C. Fox

Distributed and Cloud From Parallel Processing to the Internet of Things offers complete coverage of modern distributed computing technology including clusters, the grid, service-oriented architecture, massively parallel processors, peer-to-peer networking, and cloud computing. It is the first modern, up-to-date distributed systems textbook; it explains how to create high-performance, scalable, reliable systems, exposing the design principles, architecture, and innovative applications of parallel, distributed, and cloud computing systems.

Topics covered by this book facilitating management, debugging, migration, and disaster recovery through virtualization; clustered systems for research or ecommerce applications; designing systems as web services; and social networking systems using peer-to-peer computing. The principles of cloud computing are discussed using examples from open-source and commercial applications, along with case studies from the leading distributed computing vendors such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. Each chapter includes exercises and further reading, with lecture slides and more available online.

This book will be ideal for students taking a distributed systems or distributed computing class, as well as for professional system designers and engineers looking for a reference to the latest distributed technologies including cloud, P2P and grid computing.

Complete coverage of modern distributed computing technology including clusters, the grid, service-oriented architecture, massively parallel processors, peer-to-peer networking, and cloud computing Includes case studies from the leading distributed computing Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and more Explains how to use virtualization to facilitate management, debugging, migration, and disaster recovery Designed for undergraduate or graduate students taking a distributed systems course—each chapter includes exercises and further reading, with lecture slides and more available online

1329 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 31, 2011

Reviews

[Allyson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Did ANYONE edit this textbook? Were they American, or even British??!!! Such HORRIBLE grammar and spelling!!! You should really sue your editors...if you really had one at all. I know that my book has mistakes in it, but this was unacceptably stupid. Plus it was so BORING! A perfect example of how professors delude themselves "Each chapter should take you 15 minutes..." my foot. Try 5 hours. There goes 45 hours of my life I'll never get back.

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