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Distributed systems readings

141 points by nitishmd 12y ago

jzelinskie 12y ago
Some more great resources: This is a list of many of the most influential white papers: http://christophermeiklejohn.com/distributed/systems/2013/07/12/readings-in-distributed-systems.html http://christophermeiklejohn.com/distributed/systems/2013/07... This is an associated podcast: http://thinkdistributed.io/ http://thinkdistributed.io/ This is mixu's book on distributed systems: http://book.mixu.net/distsys/single-page.html http://book.mixu.net/distsys/single-page.html This is the MIT reading list: http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.852/05/papers/ http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.852/05/papers/
- subbu 12y ago
  mixu's book turned out to be a gem. He does a wonderful job of what he claims in the introduction: I've tried to provide a more accessible introduction to distributed systems. To me, that means two things: introducing the key concepts that you will need in order to have a good time reading more serious texts, and providing a narrative that covers things in enough detail that you get a gist of what's going on without getting stuck on details.
krat0sprakhar 12y ago
I have a small collection of related university courses that might be of interest - https://github.com/prakhar1989/awesome-courses/blob/master/README.md#systems https://github.com/prakhar1989/awesome-courses/blob/master/R...
wenbin 12y ago
I came up with a similar list, in reverse chronological order: https://timelinee.com/t/SlqJWH/ https://timelinee.com/t/SlqJWH/
- wenbin 12y ago
  most papers in the above list are from the reading list to prepare my phd qual exam in university of Wisconsin: http://research.cs.wisc.edu/areas/os/Qual/ http://research.cs.wisc.edu/areas/os/Qual/ (it used to have 50 papers on the list; now, it's 40.)
derekchiang 12y ago
For a more ambitious reading list, refer to CS6410 from Cornell [0]. The topics of the readings range from operating systems to distributed systems and networking. [0] http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs6410/2014fa/sched.htm http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs6410/2014fa/sched.htm
realcr 12y ago
Thanks for sharing. I summarize my stuff here: http://www.freedomlayer.org/articles_index.html http://www.freedomlayer.org/articles_index.html I'm not done yet, but it might be of interest.
epenn 12y ago
As a supplement to these I would also recommend checking out the lecture notes for 15-440, the intro distributed systems class. I took it spring of 2013 and thought it gave me a really good grounding in the material. http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/15-440-f14/index/lecture_index.html http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/15-440-f14/index/lecture_in...
- nitishmd 12y ago
  Yup, thats one course I wanted to take but could not. Would be great if cmu could give access to class video lectures.
ntolia 12y ago
The main webpage (and the links from that) will give more context on how the readings were chosen - https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/15-749/ https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/15-749/. On a separate note, it is always great to see Satya's courses in the news.
- nitishmd 12y ago
  I agree. He's probably one of the best teachers, can explain difficult concepts in very simple terms.
- theonewolf 12y ago
  Yeah, this is a surprise and awesome :-)
sbilstein 12y ago
Another good list of papers from my alma mater http://www.cs.rice.edu/~alc/comp520/schedule.html http://www.cs.rice.edu/~alc/comp520/schedule.html This class on networking has a great list of papers as well..great for understanding the systems which distributed systems depend on as well: https://www.clear.rice.edu/comp529/www/list.html https://www.clear.rice.edu/comp529/www/list.html
marknadal 12y ago
Hey! We're working on some cool distributed systems stuff, data in particular - and dedicated to javascripters! If you're interested, check out http://github.com/amark/gun http://github.com/amark/gun or send me a message!
farresito 12y ago
This might be very useful: http://henryr.github.io/distributed-systems-readings/ http://henryr.github.io/distributed-systems-readings/
kelukelugames 12y ago
Is there a more user friendly and hand holding way to learn about distributed systems? Such as a good video lecture series?

141 points by nitishmd 12y ago

Some more great resources: This is a list of many of the most influential white papers: http://christophermeiklejohn.com/distributed/systems/2013/07/12/readings-in-distributed-systems.html http://christophermeiklejohn.com/distributed/systems/2013/07... This is an associated podcast: http://thinkdistributed.io/ http://thinkdistributed.io/ This is mixu's book on distributed systems: http://book.mixu.net/distsys/single-page.html http://book.mixu.net/distsys/single-page.html This is the MIT reading list: http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.852/05/papers/ http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.852/05/papers/

subbu 12y ago
mixu's book turned out to be a gem. He does a wonderful job of what he claims in the introduction: I've tried to provide a more accessible introduction to distributed systems. To me, that means two things: introducing the key concepts that you will need in order to have a good time reading more serious texts, and providing a narrative that covers things in enough detail that you get a gist of what's going on without getting stuck on details.

krat0sprakhar 12y ago

I have a small collection of related university courses that might be of interest - https://github.com/prakhar1989/awesome-courses/blob/master/README.md#systems https://github.com/prakhar1989/awesome-courses/blob/master/R...

wenbin 12y ago

I came up with a similar list, in reverse chronological order: https://timelinee.com/t/SlqJWH/ https://timelinee.com/t/SlqJWH/

wenbin 12y ago
most papers in the above list are from the reading list to prepare my phd qual exam in university of Wisconsin: http://research.cs.wisc.edu/areas/os/Qual/ http://research.cs.wisc.edu/areas/os/Qual/ (it used to have 50 papers on the list; now, it's 40.)

derekchiang 12y ago

For a more ambitious reading list, refer to CS6410 from Cornell [0]. The topics of the readings range from operating systems to distributed systems and networking. [0] http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs6410/2014fa/sched.htm http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs6410/2014fa/sched.htm

realcr 12y ago

Thanks for sharing. I summarize my stuff here: http://www.freedomlayer.org/articles_index.html http://www.freedomlayer.org/articles_index.html I'm not done yet, but it might be of interest.

epenn 12y ago

As a supplement to these I would also recommend checking out the lecture notes for 15-440, the intro distributed systems class. I took it spring of 2013 and thought it gave me a really good grounding in the material. http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/15-440-f14/index/lecture_index.html http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/15-440-f14/index/lecture_in...

nitishmd 12y ago
Yup, thats one course I wanted to take but could not. Would be great if cmu could give access to class video lectures.

ntolia 12y ago

The main webpage (and the links from that) will give more context on how the readings were chosen - https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/15-749/ https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/15-749/. On a separate note, it is always great to see Satya's courses in the news.

nitishmd 12y ago
I agree. He's probably one of the best teachers, can explain difficult concepts in very simple terms.
theonewolf 12y ago
Yeah, this is a surprise and awesome :-)

sbilstein 12y ago

Another good list of papers from my alma mater http://www.cs.rice.edu/~alc/comp520/schedule.html http://www.cs.rice.edu/~alc/comp520/schedule.html This class on networking has a great list of papers as well..great for understanding the systems which distributed systems depend on as well: https://www.clear.rice.edu/comp529/www/list.html https://www.clear.rice.edu/comp529/www/list.html

marknadal 12y ago

Hey! We're working on some cool distributed systems stuff, data in particular - and dedicated to javascripters! If you're interested, check out http://github.com/amark/gun http://github.com/amark/gun or send me a message!

farresito 12y ago

This might be very useful: http://henryr.github.io/distributed-systems-readings/ http://henryr.github.io/distributed-systems-readings/

kelukelugames 12y ago

Is there a more user friendly and hand holding way to learn about distributed systems? Such as a good video lecture series?