This article is the best introduction to the topic in my opinion: http://steve.vinoski.net/pdf/IC-Rediscovering-Distributed-Systems.pdf http://steve.vinoski.net

This article is the best introduction to the topic in my opinion: http://steve.vinoski.net/pdf/IC-Rediscovering-Distributed-Systems.pdf http://steve.vinoski.net/pdf/IC-Rediscovering-Distributed-Sy... Another good reference for understanding distributed databases is: http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/dna/papers/abadi-pacelc.pdf http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/dna/papers/abadi-pacelc.pdf