Top "Distributed-computing" questions

utilizing more than one computer, connected to each other with a communication link to accomplish a common task.

Node.js Multi Server Clustering

I'm working on a project with Node.js that involves a server (for the sake of simplicity let's imagine this …

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In-memory cache VS. centralized cache in a distributed system

We're currently looking for the most suitable solution for accessing critical data on a distributed system, and we're considering whether …

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Google Dataflow vs Apache Spark

I am surveying Google Dataflow and Apache Spark to decide which one is more suitable solution for our bigdata analysis …

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Why isn't RDBMS Partition Tolerant in CAP Theorem and why is it Available?

Two points I don’t understand about RDBMS being CA in CAP Theorem : 1) It says RDBMS is not Partition Tolerant …

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Zookeeper vs In-memory-data-grid vs Redis

I've found different zookeeper definitions across multiple resources. Maybe some of them are taken out of context, but look at …

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Distributed Job scheduling, management, and reporting

I recently had a play around with Hadoop and was impressed with it's scheduling, management, and reporting of MapReduce jobs. …

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Paxos vs two phase commit

I am trying to understand the difference between paxos and two phase commit as means to reach consensus among multiple …

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Why is Google's TrueTime API hard to duplicate?

I'm not sure why the press in general says that Google's TrueTime API is hard to replicate (Wired, Slashdot, etc). …

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Fault Tolerance in MapReduce

I was reading about Hadoop and how fault tolerant it is. I read the HDFS and read how failure of …

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Spark 2.0 memory fraction

I am working with Spark 2.0, the job starts by sorting the input data and storing its output on HDFS. I …

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