Distributed Storage: Concepts, Algorithms, and Implementations

Distributed Storage: Concepts, Algorithms, and Implementations
Author: Yaniv Pessach
Publisher:
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2013-02-17
Genre: Computer storage devices
ISBN: 9781482561043

Organizations today depend heavily on their data. Even short periods of data outages can be expensive and result in loss of productivity, as well as financial consequences, while permanent data loss can be catastrophic. Therefore, reliability and means to efficiently store and access such data is an important component of most large organizations' IT infrastructure. Much of this data is still stored in the most versatile format, the 'flat file'. This eBook provides both an academic and historic perspective on the development of distributed file systems and details some of the core algorithms, such as quorum protocols that are used in distributed storage systems. This book can be used as a short, stand-alone introduction to the field or as a resource for an academic course in the topic.

Consistent Distributed Storage

Consistent Distributed Storage
Author: Vincent Gramoli
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2022-05-31
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3031020154

Providing a shared memory abstraction in distributed systems is a powerful tool that can simplify the design and implementation of software systems for networked platforms. This enables the system designers to work with abstract readable and writable objects without the need to deal with the complexity and dynamism of the underlying platform. The key property of shared memory implementations is the consistency guarantee that it provides under concurrent access to the shared objects. The most intuitive memory consistency model is atomicity because of its equivalence with a memory system where accesses occur serially, one at a time. Emulations of shared atomic memory in distributed systems is an active area of research and development. The problem proves to be challenging, and especially so in distributed message passing settings with unreliable components, as is often the case in networked systems. We present several approaches to implementing shared memory services with the help of replication on top of message-passing distributed platforms subject to a variety of perturbations in the computing medium.

Distributed Ledger

Distributed Ledger
Author: Fouad Sabry
Publisher: One Billion Knowledgeable
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2021-11-26
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

What Is Distributed Ledger A distributed ledger is a database that is consensually shared and synchronized across multiple sites, institutions, or geographies, accessible by multiple people. It allows transactions to have public "witnesses." The participant at each node of the network can access the recordings shared across that network and can own an identical copy of it. Any changes, or additions, made to the ledger, are reflected, and copied to all participants in a matter of seconds or minutes. Blockchain is using the underlying technology of distributed ledgers. Bitcoin is using the underlying technology of Blockchain. Blockchain is a type of distributed ledger used by bitcoin. Blockchain is the latest buzz words in the market. Bitcoin is great, but the potential of the underlying technology is immense. Something that started as an evolution is soon going to cause a revolution. Investors are cashing in huge amount because they understand the fortune of this ingenious technology is very bright. Industry experts and tech enthusiasts are producing blockchain-based products every next day. So, wait not, and get industry-ready with this book which will describe distributed ledger in depth. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Distributed Ledger Chapter 2: Hyperledger Chapter 3: Confidential Consortium Framework Chapter 4: Eventual Consistency Chapter 5: ACID Chapter 6: CAP Theorem Chapter 7: Concurrency Control Chapter 8: Jakarta Transactions Chapter 9: Transactional NTFS Chapter 10: Two Phase Commit Protocol Chapter 11: CRUD Chapter 12: OSI Model (II) Answering the public top questions about distributed ledger. (III) Real world examples for the usage of distributed ledger in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technology in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of distributed ledger' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of distributed ledger.

Distributed Storage Networks

Distributed Storage Networks
Author: Thomas C. Jepsen
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2003-11-21
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780470850206

Zwischen Netzwerkplanern und Telekom-Ingenieuren, die zum Aufbau von verteilten Speichern die Transportanforderungen von Speichernetzen verstehen müssen, gibt es oft Verständigungsschwierigkeiten. Dieses Buch will IT-Managern, Planern und Telekommunikationsfachleuten helfen, Probleme dieser Art zu bewältigen, um die Anforderungen ihres Netzes abschätzen und die am besten geeignete Technologie auswählen zu können. Mit Beispielen für Netzwerkkonfigurationen und Lösungen für typische Benutzer-Szenarios.

Database Internals

Database Internals
Author: Alex Petrov
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2019-09-13
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1492040312

When it comes to choosing, using, and maintaining a database, understanding its internals is essential. But with so many distributed databases and tools available today, it’s often difficult to understand what each one offers and how they differ. With this practical guide, Alex Petrov guides developers through the concepts behind modern database and storage engine internals. Throughout the book, you’ll explore relevant material gleaned from numerous books, papers, blog posts, and the source code of several open source databases. These resources are listed at the end of parts one and two. You’ll discover that the most significant distinctions among many modern databases reside in subsystems that determine how storage is organized and how data is distributed. This book examines: Storage engines: Explore storage classification and taxonomy, and dive into B-Tree-based and immutable Log Structured storage engines, with differences and use-cases for each Storage building blocks: Learn how database files are organized to build efficient storage, using auxiliary data structures such as Page Cache, Buffer Pool and Write-Ahead Log Distributed systems: Learn step-by-step how nodes and processes connect and build complex communication patterns Database clusters: Which consistency models are commonly used by modern databases and how distributed storage systems achieve consistency

Internet of Things and Data Analytics Handbook

Internet of Things and Data Analytics Handbook
Author: Hwaiyu Geng
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 750
Release: 2017-01-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1119173647

This book examines the Internet of Things (IoT) and Data Analytics from a technical, application, and business point of view. Internet of Things and Data Analytics Handbook describes essential technical knowledge, building blocks, processes, design principles, implementation, and marketing for IoT projects. It provides readers with knowledge in planning, designing, and implementing IoT projects. The book is written by experts on the subject matter, including international experts from nine countries in the consumer and enterprise fields of IoT. The text starts with an overview and anatomy of IoT, ecosystem of IoT, communication protocols, networking, and available hardware, both present and future applications and transformations, and business models. The text also addresses big data analytics, machine learning, cloud computing, and consideration of sustainability that are essential to be both socially responsible and successful. Design and implementation processes are illustrated with best practices and case studies in action. In addition, the book: Examines cloud computing, data analytics, and sustainability and how they relate to IoT overs the scope of consumer, government, and enterprise applications Includes best practices, business model, and real-world case studies Hwaiyu Geng, P.E., is a consultant with Amica Research (www.AmicaResearch.org, Palo Alto, California), promoting green planning, design, and construction projects. He has had over 40 years of manufacturing and management experience, working with Westinghouse, Applied Materials, Hewlett Packard, and Intel on multi-million high-tech projects. He has written and presented numerous technical papers at international conferences. Mr. Geng, a patent holder, is also the editor/author of Data Center Handbook (Wiley, 2015).

Introduction to Reliable Distributed Programming

Introduction to Reliable Distributed Programming
Author: Rachid Guerraoui
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2006-05-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540288465

In modern computing a program is usually distributed among several processes. The fundamental challenge when developing reliable distributed programs is to support the cooperation of processes required to execute a common task, even when some of these processes fail. Guerraoui and Rodrigues present an introductory description of fundamental reliable distributed programming abstractions as well as algorithms to implement these abstractions. The authors follow an incremental approach by first introducing basic abstractions in simple distributed environments, before moving to more sophisticated abstractions and more challenging environments. Each core chapter is devoted to one specific class of abstractions, covering reliable delivery, shared memory, consensus and various forms of agreement. This textbook comes with a companion set of running examples implemented in Java. These can be used by students to get a better understanding of how reliable distributed programming abstractions can be implemented and used in practice. Combined, the chapters deliver a full course on reliable distributed programming. The book can also be used as a complete reference on the basic elements required to build reliable distributed applications.

Benchmarking, Consistency, Distributed Database Management Systems, Distributed Systems, Eventual Consistency

Benchmarking, Consistency, Distributed Database Management Systems, Distributed Systems, Eventual Consistency
Author: Bermbach, David
Publisher: KIT Scientific Publishing
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2014-07-22
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3731501864

Cloud storage services and NoSQL systems typically offer only "Eventual Consistency", a rather weak guarantee covering a broad range of potential data consistency behavior. The degree of actual (in-)consistency, however, is unknown. This work presents novel solutions for determining the degree of (in-)consistency via simulation and benchmarking, as well as the necessary means to resolve inconsistencies leveraging this information.

Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management

Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management
Author: Ana Fred
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2017-01-21
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3319527584

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 7th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, IC3K 2015, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in November 2015. The 25 full papers presented together with 2 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 280 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on knowledge discovery and information retrieval; knowledge engineering and ontology development; and knowledge management and information sharing.