Where do I start with distributed computing?

Question

I\'m interested in learning techniques for distributed computing. As a Java developer, I\'m probably willing to start with Hadoop. Could you please recommend some books/tutorial

Answer 1

Here are some resources from Yahoo! Developer Network

a tutorial:

http://developer.yahoo.com/hadoop/tutorial/

an introductory course (requires Siverlight, sigh):

http://yahoo.hosted.panopto.com/CourseCast/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=281cbf37-eed1-4715-b158-0474520014e6