Distributed Systems for Practitioners
INTERACTIVE COURSE

Distributed Systems for Practitioners

Beginner

167 Lessons

9h 30min

Certificate of Completion

Distributed Systems for Practitioners
7 AI Prompts
18 Quizzes
623 Illustrations

Takeaway Skills

Learn some of the complexities inherent in distributed systems.

Learn the key design problems in distributed systems.

Learn the key algorithms used in distributed systems.

Study the design of some real-life distributed systems.

Establish the concepts every system designer needs to know for efficient design of large-scale systems.

Learn the concepts software engineers need to know to make good use of distributed systems.

Course Overview

This course is about establishing the basic principles of distributed systems. It explains the scope of their functionality by discussing what they can and cannot achieve. It also covers the basic algorithms and protocols of distributed systems through easy-to-follow examples and diagrams that illustrate the thinking behind some design decisions and expand on how they can be practiced. This course also discusses some of the issues that might arise when doing so, eliminates confusion around some terms (e.g.,...Show More

Course Content

1

Before Getting Started

2

Introduction to Distributed Systems

3

Basic Concepts and Theorems

4

Distributed Transactions

5

Achieving Isolation

6

Achieving Atomicity

5 Lessons

7

Concluding Distributed Transactions

2 Lessons

8

Consensus

12 Lessons

9

Time

5 Lessons

10

Order

10 Lessons

11

Networking

9 Lessons

12

Security

7 Lessons

13

Security Protocols

5 Lessons

14

From Theory to Practice

1 Lesson

15

Case Study 1: Distributed File Systems

5 Lessons

16

Case Study 2: Distributed Coordination Service

6 Lessons

17

Case Study 3: Distributed Data Stores

16 Lessons

18

Case Study 4: Distributed Messaging System

5 Lessons

19

Case Study 5: Distributed Cluster Management

3 Lessons

20

Case Study 6: Distributed Ledger

5 Lessons

21

Case Study 7: Distributed Data Processing Systems

10 Lessons

22

Practices & Patterns

1 Lesson

23

Communication Patterns

4 Lessons

24

Coordination Patterns

1 Lesson

25

Data Synchronization

3 Lessons

26

Shared-nothing Architectures

2 Lessons

27

Distributed Locking

2 Lessons

28

Compatibility Patterns

2 Lessons

29

Dealing with Failure

6 Lessons

30

Distributed Tracing

1 Lesson

31

Concluding this Course

2 Lessons

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