Characteristics of Distributed System
- Resource Sharing: It is the ability to use any Hardware, Software, or Data anywhere in the System.
- Concurrency: It is naturally present in Distributed Systems, that deal with the same activity or functionality that can be performed by separate users who are in remote locations. Every local system has its independent Operating Systems and Resources.
- Scalability: It increases the scale of the system as several processors communicate with more users by accommodating to improve the responsiveness of the system.
- Transparency: It hides the complexity of the Distributed Systems from the Users and Application programs as there should be privacy in every system.
Types of Distributed System
Pre-requisites: Distributed System
A Distributed System is a Network of Machines that can exchange information with each other through Message-passing. It can be very useful as it helps in resource sharing. It enables computers to coordinate their activities and to share the resources of the system so that users perceive the system as a single, integrated computing facility.