I've always been a fan of Distributed Systems for Fun and Profit: http://book.mixu.net/distsys/single-page.html http://book.mixu.net/distsys/single-page.html T

I've always been a fan of Distributed Systems for Fun and Profit: http://book.mixu.net/distsys/single-page.html http://book.mixu.net/distsys/single-page.html This was the first article that really made it all click for me