Basic RPC information: where is it available???

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2 total messages Started by VETTER Fri, 22 Mar 1991 15:28

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Author: VETTER
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1991 15:28

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Submitted-by: gt8428a@prism.gatech.edu (VETTER)

I would like information on the different RPC methods available, such
as HP and Sun.

Is there any single document describing and outlining the different
methods or will I have to obtain information from the different vendors?

Any suggestions?

Jeffrey S. Vetter               jsv@cc.gatech.edu                 (404)875-8859
      MS student, College of Computing, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, 30332 
                28428 Georgia Tech Station, Atlanta, GA, 30332
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[ If anyone has any information about what POSIX, X/Open, etc., are doing
  in the way of RPC standardization, please send me a posting.  That's the
  main reason I accepted this one. -- mod ]

Volume-Number: Volume 23, Number 18

Re: Basic RPC information: where is it available???

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Author: Jonathan Eunice
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1991 23:43

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gt8428a@prism.gatech.edu (VETTER) writes:

   I would like information on the different RPC methods available, such
   as HP and Sun.

   Is there any single document describing and outlining the different
   methods or will I have to obtain information from the different vendors?

Well, the only single documents I've seen comparing RPCs are from various
vendors.  An example is OSF's _Distributed Computing Environment Rationale_,
available from OSF, 617-621-8700.  It's pretty good reading, and makes its
case well.  (Then again, it's intended to persuade.)

Other references include:

_The Art of Distributed Applications_, by John R. Corbin, Springer Verlag, 
1991 does a pretty good job of telling the Sun ONC/RPC story, with good
examples.

_Network Computing Architecture_, by Lisa Zahn, et al, gives lots of 
details on HP-Apollo's NCA/NCS mechanism, but can't really be considered
a "good" treatment.  It lacks overview and perspective.

_Distrbuted Computing Systems: Concepts and Structures_, Ananda and Srinivasan,
eds, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1991, gives a good overview of several
historical designs and the motiviations behind various RPCs, but no real
comparions of NCS vs ONC.

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