Bandwidth is infinite. 4. The network is secure. 5. Topology doesn't change. 6. There is one administrator. 7. Transport cost is zero. 8. The network is homogeneous.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/field_museum_library/3404663989/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/field_museum_library/4986435461/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/field_museum_library/3795473195/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/field_museum_library/4986457001/ Photos from "Powerhouse Museum Collection" http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2759437054/ Throughput and latency graphs from Flavio Junqueira's presentation "Distributed Coordination via ZooKeeper": https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/24193445/keynote-hic-2011-web.pdf