DHPC Talk DHPCT-016

The DISCWorld Peer-To-Peer Architecture

Andrew Silis

Archived: 25 February 1999

Presented at the 5th IDEA Workshop, Fremantle, February 1998.
See also the accompanying technical paper.

Abstract

A critical aspect of a robust, scalable architecture for distributed computing is the relationship between participating platform nodes. Other software systems such as DCE have been limited by the fixed hierarchical server relationships and the difficulty in dynamically and automatically adding new platforms to or removing platforms from a running system. We discuss the implications of retaining a serverless architecture or a peer-to-peer relationship between all participating nodes in the DISCWorld system. We describe the issues that arise in implementing this using Java and object-oriented software technologies.

PostScript version of the slides


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