Q. To build a vigorous distributed system you must know what kinds of failures can occur.
a. List three possible kinds of failure in a distributed system.
b. State which of the entries in your list also are applicable to a centralized system.
Answer: Three general failures in a distributed system include:
Network link failure and host failure and storage medium failure. Both host failure and storage medium failure are failures that could also occur in a centralized system whereas a network link failure can occur merely in a networked distributed system.