Basic HTML version of Foils prepared May 7 1996

Foil 3 Lecture 1: An Introduction to the Concepts and Issues

From MetaComputing -- MRA Meeting Part I:Concepts and Issues Tutorial for CRPC MRA Meeting at Cornell -- May 7 1996. by Mark Baker, Geoffrey Fox
Parallel versus Distributed Computing
- Pros and Cons
- Why Use Distributed Computing Techniques
- Examples of Communications Performance
The Challenge
Infrastructure and Technology
Features of Distributed Systems
  • - Performance, Distributed File Systems, Namespace- Service Availability, Resource Allocation, Security

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