Distributed systems are an essential part of modern software architecture. Understanding the principles behind them is crucial for developers. Here are some key principles of distributed computing:
Key Principles
Consistency
- In a distributed system, consistency ensures that all nodes have the same view of the data. Achieving consistency is one of the main challenges in distributed computing.
- Read more about consistency in distributed systems
Availability
- Availability guarantees that every request made to a non-broken service in the distributed system receives a response, without the guarantee that it contains the most recent write.
Partition Tolerance
- Partition tolerance is the system's ability to continue operating despite an arbitrary number of messages being dropped or delayed by the network between nodes.
Images
Here's an image representing a distributed system architecture:
Further Reading
For more in-depth understanding, check out our distributed systems documentation.