the fallacies of distributed computing

2007-08-14 @ 12:00#

gotta remember this:

  1. The network is reliable.
  2. Latency is zero.
  3. Bandwidth is infinite.
  4. The network is secure.
  5. Topology doesn't change.
  6. There is one administrator.
  7. Transport cost is zero.
  8. The network is homogeneous.

more here and here (pdf).

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