Distributed Systems
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What is a Distributed System? Why Distributed Systems? Examples of Distributed Systems Distributed System Requirements Transparency in Distributed Systems
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Can think of DS as:
breaking down an application into individual computing agents distributed over a network work together on a cooperative task
Motivation for DC:
Scalability: can solve larger problems without larger computers Openness and heterogeneity: applications and data may be difficult to relocate and reconfigure Fault-tolerance: redundant processing agents for system availability
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What Is a Distributed System?
Ingredients of a Distributed System
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What Is a Distributed System?
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What is a Distributed System
Distributed System Definition:
A distributed system is a collection of autonomous hosts that are connected through a computer network. Each host executes components and operates a distribution middleware. Middleware enables the components to coordinate their activities. Users perceive the system as a single, integrated computing facility.
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Why Distributed Systems?
Every application is part of your business model
must make them work together!
Payables/ Receivables Sales Accounting
Manufacturing
Inventory Shipping/ Receiving Engineering
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Why Distributed Systems?
Application Integration and Distributed Processing are the same thing
Constructing information-sharing distributed systems from diverse sources:
heterogeneous networked physically disparate multi-vendor
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Why Distributed System?
Application Requirements
Functional Non-Functional
Non-functional requirements drive distribution of a system
Scalability Concurrency Openness Heterogeneity Resource sharing Fault-tolerance
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Centralized vs Distributed Systems
Centralized Systems
Centralized systems have non-autonomous components Centralized systems are often build using homogeneous technology Multiple users share the resources of a centralized system at all times Centralized systems have a single point of control and of failure
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Distributed systems have autonomous components Distributed systems may be built using heterogeneous technology Distributed system components may be used exclusively Distributed systems are executed in concurrent processes Distributed systems have multiple points of failure
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Distributed Systems
Advantages
Shareability Expandability Local autonomy Improved performance Improved reliability and availability Potential cost reductions
Disadvantages
Network reliance Complexities Security Multiple point of failure
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History Review of Distributed Systems
Late 70s and early 80s: synchronous with distributed processing Mid 80s: no point of central control Late 80s: peer structure and inter-connection configuration Later: more fine-grained distribution
Software is decomposed into components Components can resides on different computers and be implemented with different languages
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Examples of Distributed Systems
Video-on-Demand
Client components are used to display videos Clients are hosted in the homes of the customers of the service Server components load and transmit videos Multiple servers are needed in order to scale
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Examples of Distributed Systems
IT Service Architecture of a Swiss Bank
Service architecture consists of heterogeneous new and legacy components Hardware platforms range from mainframes to NTs Programming languages including Assembler, Cobol, C, C++, Java, Different types of middleware can be used to resolve distribution and heterogeneity
Customer Information Services
Authorization Services
Trading Services ATM Services
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Transparency in Distributed Systems
Distributed System Definition: A distributed system is a collection of autonomous hosts that are connected through a computer network and coordinate with each other in such a way that users perceive the system as a single and integrated computing facility. Dimensions of transparency in DS
Access Transparency Location Transparency Migration Transparency Replication Transparency Concurrency Transparency Scalability Transparency Performance Transparency Failure Transparency
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Location Transparency
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Summary
Distributed systems Centralized systems vs distributed systems The need for distributed systems --- applications non-functional requirements Transparencies Dependencies among different dimensions of transparencies
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