There's a cloud computing class[0] launching on Coursera taught by Prof. Indranil Gupta which will cover all concepts such as fault tolerance, consensus etc. I'

There's a cloud computing class[0] launching on Coursera taught by Prof. Indranil Gupta which will cover all concepts such as fault tolerance, consensus etc. I'd suggest you can give that a shot. If you can't wait, you can checkout the course page[1] and get started right away. You can take a look at other DS courses here - https://github.com/prakhar1989/awesome-courses/#systems https://github.com/prakhar1989/awesome-courses/#systems Lastly, you also have the option of working on assignments in MIT's DS class[2] (git clone git://g.csail.mit.edu/6.824-golabs-2014 6.824) [0] - https://www.coursera.org/course/cloudcomputing https://www.coursera.org/course/cloudcomputing [1] - https://courses.engr.illinois.edu/cs425/ https://courses.engr.illinois.edu/cs425/ [2] - http://css.csail.mit.edu/6.824/2014/index.html http://css.csail.mit.edu/6.824/2014/index.html