《分布式系统概念与设计》旨在全面介绍因特网及其他常用分布式系统的原理、体系结构、算法和设计，内容涵盖分布式系统的相关概念、安全、数据复制、组通信、分布式文件系统、分布式事务等，以及相关的前沿主题，包括web服务、网格、移动系统和无处不在系统等。

This new edition represents a significant update of the best-selling book, incorporating and anticipating the major developments in distributed systems technology. All chapters have been thoroughly revised and updated, including emphasis on the Internet, intranets, and middleware. New material includes coverage of large-scale applications, fault modeling and fault tolerance, models of system execution, object-orientation, and distributed multimedia systems. Discussion of security has also been brought forward in the book and integrated with other related technologies. The book includes a new chapter on distributed multimedia systems, and also provides new material on current network technologies such as IPv6, Mobile IP, and active and wireless networks. Throughout, Java and CORBA are used as the basis for most examples. This book is designed for programmers who need to learn the principles and practice of distributed system design. Readers should have an understanding of programming and elementary computer architecture, as well as a familiarity with basic operating system concepts, but the book does not require knowledge of networks.

Broad and up-to-date coverage of the principles and practice in the fast moving area of Distributed Systems.

Distributed Systems provides students of computer science and engineering with the skills they will need to design and maintain software for distributed applications. It will also be invaluable to software engineers and systems designers wishing to understand new and future developments in the field.

From mobile phones to the Internet, our lives depend increasingly on distributed systems linking computers and other devices together in a seamless and transparent way. The fifth edition of this best-selling text continues to provide a comprehensive source of material on the principles and practice of distributed computer systems and the exciting new developments based on them, using a wealth of modern case studies to illustrate their design and development . The depth of coverage will enable readers to evaluate existing distributed systems and design new ones.

从移动电话到互联网，我们的生活越来越依赖于以无缝和透明的方式将计算机和其他设备链接在一起的分布式系统。本书全面介绍分布式系统的设计原理和实践及其最新进展，并使用大量最新的实例研究来阐明分布式系统的设计与开发方法。
本书前几版已被爱丁堡大学、伊利诺伊大学、卡内基-梅隆大学、南加州大学、得克萨斯A&M大学、多伦多大学、罗切斯特理工学院、北京大学等众多名校选用为教材。第5版在上一版的基础上，新增了三章内容，分别介绍间接通信、分布式对象和组件、分布式系统设计（以Google为例）。
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