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Fundamentals of

Distributed
Computing
Distributed computing is the process of running a program or
application across multiple interconnected computers or
devices, rather than on a single system. This approach offers
scalability, fault tolerance, and the ability to tackle large-scale
problems efficiently.
by Abubakar Tasiu sadi
What is Distributed Computing?
Decentralized Architecture Resource Sharing Fault Tolerance

Distributed systems are Distributed systems allow for the If one component fails, the
composed of multiple sharing of computing resources, system can continue to operate
autonomous components that such as processing power, by utilizing the resources of
coordinate to achieve a common storage, and data, across the other components.
goal. network.
Benefits of Distributed
Computing
1 Scalability 2 Availability
Distributed systems can Distributed systems are
scale up or down to more resilient to failures,
accommodate changing ensuring continuous
workloads and resource service even in the face of
requirements. component outages.

3 Performance 4 Cost-Effectiveness
Distributed computing can Distributed systems can
leverage the combined utilize commodity
processing power of hardware, reducing the
multiple nodes, resulting in overall cost of
faster overall performance. infrastructure and
maintenance.
Key Principles of Distributed
Computing
Concurrency Transparency
Distributed systems allow Distributed systems should
multiple tasks to execute provide a unified, seamless
simultaneously, improving interface, hiding the
overall efficiency and complexities of the
throughput. underlying infrastructure.

Scalability Fault Tolerance


Distributed systems must Distributed systems should
be able to handle increasing be designed to withstand
workloads and resource and recover from individual
demands without significant component failures,
performance degradation. ensuring continuous
operation.
Architectural Patterns in
Distributed Systems
1 Client-Server
Clients request services from a centralized server,
which handles the processing and data management.

2 Microservices
Modular, loosely coupled services that communicate
with each other through well-defined interfaces.

3 Peer-to-Peer
Decentralized architecture where nodes act as both
clients and servers, sharing resources and tasks.
Fault Tolerance and Reliability

Redundancy Load Balancing Self-Healing Monitoring


Maintaining multiple Distributing workloads The ability of the system Continuously tracking the
copies of data and across multiple nodes to to detect and health and performance of
components to ensure prevent overloading and automatically recover the distributed system to
availability in case of improve overall system from failures without identify and address
failures. performance. human intervention. issues.
Communication and
Coordination in Distributed
Systems
Message Queues
Asynchronous communication between components using a
message broker, ensuring reliable and ordered message
delivery.

Consensus Protocols
Mechanisms that allow distributed nodes to agree on a
common state, such as Raft and Paxos.

Distributed Locking
Coordinating access to shared resources to prevent race
conditions and ensure data consistency.
Data Management in
Distributed Environments
Distributed Databases Partitioning and replicating
data across multiple nodes
to provide scalability,
availability, and fault
tolerance.
Caching In-memory data stores that
can handle high-speed
reads and writes, reducing
the load on underlying
databases.
Distributed Analytics Processing and analyzing
large datasets in a
distributed manner,
enabling faster insights and
decision-making.
Security Considerations in Distributed Computing
Access Control Encryption Secure Communication

Implementing robust Ensuring the confidentiality of Establishing secure


authentication and authorization data in transit and at rest communication channels
mechanisms to restrict access to through the use of cryptographic between distributed
sensitive resources. techniques. components, such as through
the use of SSL/TLS.
Emerging Trends and
Future of Distributed
Computing
1 Cloud Computing 2 Edge Computing
The rise of cloud-based Bringing processing
distributed and data storage closer
infrastructure, offering to the source, reducing
scalable and on- latency and bandwidth
demand computing requirements.
resources.

3 Quantum Computing
The potential of quantum computing to revolutionize
distributed systems with its unique processing
capabilities.

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