Purpose

#report.lyx#

@@ -334,7 +334,22 @@ The purpose of the GGS project is to create a scalable and fault tolerant
 
 \begin_layout Standard
 Scalability in computer science is a large topic and is commonly divided
- into sub-fields, two of which are structural scalability and load scalability.
+ into sub-fields, two of which are 
+\emph on
+structural scalability
+\emph default
+ and 
+\emph on
+load scalability
+\emph default
+
+\begin_inset CommandInset citation
+LatexCommand citet
+key "Bondi:2000:CSI:350391.350432"
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
  These two issues are addressed in this thesis.
  Structural scalability means expanding an architecture, e.g.
  adding nodes to a system, without requiring modification of the system.

bibliography.bib

@@ -77,3 +77,34 @@
     number = {03:09},
     year = {2003}
 }
+
+@inproceedings{Bondi:2000:CSI:350391.350432,
+     author = {Bondi, Andr\'{e} B.},
+     title = {Characteristics of scalability and their impact on performance},
+     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2nd international workshop on Software and performance},
+     series = {WOSP '00},
+     year = {2000},
+     isbn = {1-58113-195-X},
+     location = {Ottawa, Ontario, Canada},
+     pages = {195--203},
+     numpages = {9},
+     url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/350391.350432},
+     doi = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/350391.350432},
+     acmid = {350432},
+     publisher = {ACM},
+     address = {New York, NY, USA},
+     keywords = {load scalability, performance, structural and space scalability},
+} 
+
+@article{10.1109/MS.2001.936218,
+    author = {Jeffrey Voas},
+    title = {Fault Tolerance},
+    journal ={IEEE Software},
+    volume = {18},
+    issn = {0740-7459},
+    year = {2001},
+    pages = {54-57},
+    doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2001.936218},
+    publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
+    address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
+}

report.lyx

@@ -334,7 +334,22 @@ The purpose of the GGS project is to create a scalable and fault tolerant
 
 \begin_layout Standard
 Scalability in computer science is a large topic and is commonly divided
- into sub-fields, two of which are structural scalability and load scalability.
+ into sub-fields, two of which are 
+\emph on
+structural scalability
+\emph default
+ and 
+\emph on
+load scalability
+\emph default
+ 
+\begin_inset CommandInset citation
+LatexCommand citet
+key "Bondi:2000:CSI:350391.350432"
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
  These two issues are addressed in this thesis.
  Structural scalability means expanding an architecture, e.g.
  adding nodes to a system, without requiring modification of the system.

report.lyx~

@@ -326,6 +326,22 @@ Background
 Purpose
 \end_layout
 
+\begin_layout Standard
+The purpose of the GGS project is to create a scalable and fault tolerant
+ server, while still allowing the server to be as generic as possible.
+ These three italicised terms need some explanation.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Scalability in computer science is a large topic and is commonly divided
+ into sub-fields, two of which are structural scalability and load scalability.
+ These two issues are addressed in this thesis.
+ Structural scalability means expanding an architecture, e.g.
+ adding nodes to a system, without requiring modification of the system.
+ Load scalability means using the available resources in a way which allows
+ handling increasing load, e.g more users, gracefully.
+\end_layout
+
 \begin_layout Section
 Challenges 
 \end_layout