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Mastering cloud computing / Rajkumar Buyya, Christian Vecchiola and S Thamarai Selvi.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi : McGraw Hill Education, 2013.Description: xix, various pagings ; illustrationsISBN:
  • 9781259029950
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 004.6782 23 B992
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Principles of Parallel and Distributed Computing -- 3. Virtualization -- 4. Cloud Computing Architecture -- 5. Aneka: Cloud application platform -- 6. Concurrent Computing: Thread programming -- 7. High-Throughput Computing: Task Programming -- 8. Data Intensive Computing: Map-Reduce Programming -- 9. Cloud Platforms in Industry -- 10. Cloud Applications -- 11. Advanced Topics in Cloud Computing -- References -- Index.
Summary: The book introduces the principles of distributed and parallel computing underlying cloud architectures and specifically focuses on virtualization, thread programming, task programming, and map-reduce programming. There are examples demonstrating all of these and more, with exercises and labs throughout, and a live environment on the Aneka platform where you can experiment and test your work. Explains how to make design choices and tradeoffs to consider when building applications to run in a virtual cloud environmentTest and experiment with a live cloud system on the Aneka platformReal-world case studies include scientific, business, etc.
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Books ISI Library, Kolkata Project Collection 004.6782 B992 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PC3444
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction --
2. Principles of Parallel and Distributed Computing --
3. Virtualization --
4. Cloud Computing Architecture --
5. Aneka: Cloud application platform --
6. Concurrent Computing: Thread programming --
7. High-Throughput Computing: Task Programming --
8. Data Intensive Computing: Map-Reduce Programming --
9. Cloud Platforms in Industry --
10. Cloud Applications --
11. Advanced Topics in Cloud Computing --
References --
Index.

The book introduces the principles of distributed and parallel computing underlying cloud architectures and specifically focuses on virtualization, thread programming, task programming, and map-reduce programming. There are examples demonstrating all of these and more, with exercises and labs throughout, and a live environment on the Aneka platform where you can experiment and test your work. Explains how to make design choices and tradeoffs to consider when building applications to run in a virtual cloud environmentTest and experiment with a live cloud system on the Aneka platformReal-world case studies include scientific, business, etc.

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