Tag: partial failures

  • What are good models and what models are good?

    What are good models and what models are good?

    Schneider, F. B. (1993). What good are models and what models are good. Distributed Systems, 2, 17–26. Paper Summary In his seminal paper on models (as they apply to distributed systems), Schnedier describes the two conventional ways — experimental observation; modeling and analysis — we normally develop an intuition when studying a new domain. And…

  • Giant Scale Services – Summary and notes

    Giant Scale Services – Summary and notes

    Introduction We’ll address some questions like “how to program big data systems” and how to “store and disseminate content on the web in scalable manners” Quiz: Giant Scale Services Basically almost every service is backed by “Giant Scale” services Tablet Introduction This lesson covers three issues: system issues in giant scale services, programming models for…