Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!pitt!vax.cs.pitt.edu!jonathan From: jonathan@cs.pitt.edu (Jonathan Eunice) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.misc Subject: Re: Basic RPC information: where is it available??? Message-ID: Date: 30 Mar 91 23:43:40 GMT References: <126303@uunet.UU.NET> Sender: news@pitt.UUCP Followup-To: comp.protocols.misc Organization: University of Pittsburgh Computer Science Lines: 27 In-reply-to: gt8428a@prism.gatech.edu's message of 22 Mar 91 15:28:42 GMT 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.