2.1.2 What's a Distributed System
A distributed system: physically separate computers working
together
- Cheaper and easier to build lots of simple computers
- Easier to add power incrementally
- Machines may necessarily be remote, but system should work together
- Higher availability - one computer crashes, others carry on
working
- Better reliability - store data in multiple locations
- More security - each piece easier to secure to right level.
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Ian Wakeman
2005-02-22