A Michael F. Schwartz 

A Panagiotis G. Tsirigotis 

T Techniques for Supporting Wide Area Distributed Applications 

I Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado,
Boulder, Colorado 

R Technical Report CU-CS-519-91 

D February 1991; Revised August 1991 

X Available from
ftp:ftp.cs.colorado.edupubcstechreportsschwartzTechniques.Wide.Area.ps.Z or
ftp:ftp.cs.colorado.edupubcstechreportsschwartzTechniques.Wide.Area.txt.Z 

X Abstract: "In this paper we present a number of techniques for
supporting distributed applications that span many nodes across
national or international networks.  We focus particular
attention on issues concerning scalability and administrative
decentralization.  Our experiences derive in large part from
prototypes we have built in the context of research into resource
discovery.  However, many of these experiences are applicable to
supporting any wide area distributed application.  The techniques
covered relate to fault tolerance, administrative
decentralization, scalability, organization, controlling the
spread of distributed operations, and user interface issues."