Parallel and Distributed Systems
Cloud computing is based on a large number of ideas and the experience accumulated since the first electronic computer was used to solve computationally challenging problems. In this chapter we overview parallel and distributed systems concepts that are important to understanding the basic challenges in the design and use of computer clouds.
Cloud computing is intimately tied to parallel and distributed computing. Cloud applications are based on the client-server paradigm with relatively simple software, a thin client, running on the user’s machine while the computations are carried out on the cloud. Many cloud applications are data-intensive and use a number of instances that run concurrently. Transaction ...
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