Advantages of DS

• Economics -- price/performance

  • One/few expensive very fast processors vs.
  • Many inexpensive moderately fast processors

• Speed-up and performance optimization

  • Distributed algorithms
  • Load balancing
  • Available processing power

• Sharing and reuse, e.g.,

  • Data sharing
  • Resource sharing

• Inherent distribution

  • Computing reflects distribution of activities

• Reliability

  • Inherent redundancy

• Incremental growth

  • Extensibility
  • Scalability

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