Continuum of Distributed Systems

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small

fast

big

slow

LAN

(NFS)

Global

Internet

Parallel

Architectures

CPS 221

high latency

low bandwidth

autonomous nodes

unreliable network

fear and distrust

independent failures

decentralized administration

Networks

CPS 214

Issues:

naming and sharing

performance and scale

resource management

low latency

high bandwidth

secure, reliable interconnect

no independent failures

coordinated resources

Multiprocessors

clusters

(GMS)

fast network

trusting hosts

coordinated

slow network

untrusting hosts

autonomy

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