Authors: Chandra Perera
Abstract: Distributed systems have become a foundational technology in modern computing, enabling organizations to build scalable, reliable, and efficient applications across multiple interconnected nodes. These systems distribute computation, storage, and processing tasks across different machines, improving performance, fault tolerance, and resource utilization. This study explores the fundamental concepts of distributed systems, including communication models, consistency mechanisms, fault tolerance, and concurrency control. It also examines how distributed architectures are applied in various industries such as finance, healthcare, e-commerce, telecommunications, and cloud computing. The paper highlights key technologies supporting distributed systems, including microservices, containerization, distributed databases, and cloud platforms. Furthermore, it discusses major challenges such as network latency, data consistency, security risks, and system complexity. Emerging trends like edge computing, serverless architectures, and blockchain-based distributed systems are also analyzed. The findings emphasize that distributed systems are essential for supporting large-scale, high-performance applications in today’s interconnected digital world.
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