《分布式系统》研究生课件chapter_0 preface.pptVIP

Distributed Systems Computer Information College, Hohai University Sept. 2013 Course Introduction Questions? Please complete survey questions What are distributed systems? Examples? Multiple hosts A network cloud Hosts cooperate to provide a unified service Why distributed systems? for ease-of-use Handle geographic separation Provide users (or applications) with location transparency: Web: access information with a few “clicks” Network file system: access files on remote servers as if they are on a local disk, share files among multiple computers Why distributed systems? for availability