Introduction to Distributed Systems

Learning Objectives

1. Describe the evolution of software systems to achieve web scale
2. Explain the difficulties inherent in achieving scalability
3. Explain performance and scalability and the relationship to cost

Lecture Slides

Can be found on Canvas site

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Reading

Mandatory:

• Chapter 1 of Foundations of Scalable Systems

Recommended:

• Distributed systems : concepts and design, CHAPTER 1, Coulouris, George F. ; Dollimore, Jean. ; Kindberg, Tim. ; Blair, Gordon. Harlow, England ; Addison-Wesley 5th Edition,

Lab 1

Aims

1. Get you up and running on AWS EC2.
2. Create a free tier VM and an RDS instance
3. Install and test tomcat

Follow the instructions here

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