- Hardcover: 611 pages
- Publisher: Prentice-Hall (14 Jan 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0137195842
- ISBN-13: 978-0137195848
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 18.3 x 4.1 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,567,598 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Excellent reference for reliable distributed computing
1 Nov 1999
Format:Hardcover
Ken Birman is one of the foremost academic experts in this still young field. This book will give you a good understanding of the different techniques available for ensuring reliable communications between machines: from transactions to group communication systems.
It is *not* a book for novicies, though his style is still quite readable. It's a very dense text - not much whitespace or many diagrams.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Excellent marriage of theory and practice
13 July 2000
Format:Hardcover
Kenneth Birman is one of the best at bringing together an academic thoroughness with a real-world practicality. He explains concepts well. In addition, many parts of the book stand on their own quite well. That is, you can skip chapters that are not relevant to your current work, and still glean tremendous insight into the issues and ideas presented. I highly recommend this book to anyone who's interested in understanding how to implement distributed applications or replication strategies.
read the new version "Reliable Distributed Systems"
12 July 2007
Format:Hardcover
Although the first version has a more general scope I really think that the author tried to talk about to many subjects.
The new version of the book "Reliable Distributed Systems" is much better. It is true that in the new version the author mixes two different things: Web Services and Reliability in distributed systems.
The new version of the book "Reliable Distributed Systems" is much better. It is true that in the new version the author mixes two different things: Web Services and Reliability in distributed systems.
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