Course Outline
Introduction to Distributed Systems
- Definition of a distributed system.
- Common challenges: latency, consistency, availability.
- Overview of system components and communication models.
Scalability Principles
- Vertical versus horizontal scaling.
- Load balancing and elasticity.
- Scaling storage, compute resources, and I/O.
Architectural Patterns
- Client-server and multi-tier architectures.
- Service-oriented and microservice architectures.
- Event-driven architecture and message queues.
CAP Theorem and Consistency Models
- Explanation of the CAP theorem.
- Strong versus eventual consistency.
- Strategies for balancing consistency and availability.
Data Distribution and Storage Strategies
- Partitioning and sharding techniques.
- Replication strategies and quorum reads/writes.
- Distributed databases and key-value stores.
Communication and Coordination in Distributed Systems
- Protocols such as REST, gRPC, and message brokers (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ).
- Leader election and distributed consensus mechanisms.
- Utilizing Zookeeper or etcd for coordination.
Fault Tolerance and Reliability
- Designing for failure and implementing graceful degradation.
- Implementing retry mechanisms, timeouts, and circuit breakers.
- Monitoring, observability, and chaos engineering.
Cloud-Native and Modern Implementation Practices
- Containers, orchestration, and Kubernetes.
- Principles of statelessness and immutability.
- Best practices for securing distributed systems.
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- A solid understanding of basic networking and system design concepts.
- Experience with general software development practices.
- Familiarity with cloud computing and API design is beneficial.
Audience
- Software architects and technical leads.
- Backend engineers and DevOps professionals.
- System designers focused on building scalable cloud applications.
Testimonials (3)
Prepared project on which we could work from the start without wasting time to set up files not needed in exercises. Readiness to answer all questions that came up from participants.
Robert Walczak - Hitachi Energy
Course - Systems Modeling with SysML and Enterprise Architect (EA)
The trainer's presentation and way of communicating.
Gianpiero Arico - Urmet Spa
Course - Embedded Linux Systems Architecture
The trainer updates the course according to the expectations of the learners