A pretty good text to have around is Distributed Systems Concepts and Design[1] [1] http://www.amazon.com/Distributed-Systems-Concepts-Design-Edition/dp/013214

A pretty good text to have around is Distributed Systems Concepts and Design[1] [1] http://www.amazon.com/Distributed-Systems-Concepts-Design-Edition/dp/0132143011/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1383251499&sr=8-1&keywords=distributed+systems+concepts+and+design http://www.amazon.com/Distributed-Systems-Concepts-Design-Ed...