CSC 536: Distributed Systems II

Advanced course that introduces the techniques required to build large-scale, highly available, fault tolerant distributed systems. Covers the distributed algorithms (e.g., vector clocks, consistent hashing, gossip protocols, Merkle trees, Paxos/Raft algorithms) that solve the fundamental problems (e.g., synchronization, replication and replica consistency, fault tolerance) in building such systems. Focus is on problems and solutions relevant to systems that store and process massive data sets and the design decisions behind current large-scale distributed database systems.