Distributed System

Unit-I
Introduction to distributed systems
Architecture for Distributed System, Goals of Distributed system, Hardware and Software
concepts, Distributed Computing Model, Advantages & Disadvantage distributed system, Issues
in designing Distributed System,
Unit-II
Distributed Share Memory And Distributed File System
Basic Concept of Distributed Share Memory (DSM), DSM Architecture & its Types, Design &
Implementations issues In DSM System, Structure of Share Memory Space, Consistency
Model, and Thrashing. Desirable features of good Distributed File System, File Model, File
Service Architecture, File Accessing Model, File Sharing Semantics, File Catching Scheme, File
Application & Fault tolerance. Naming: - Features, System Oriented Names, Object Locating
Mechanism, Human Oriented Name.
Unit-III
Inter Process Communication And Synchronization
API for Internet Protocol, Data Representation & Marshaling, Group Communication, Client
Server Communication, RPC- Implementing RPC Mechanism, Stub Generation, RPC
Messages. Synchronization: - Clock Synchronization, Mutual Exclusion, Election Algorithms:-
Bully & Ring Algorithms.
Unit-IV
Distributed Scheduling And Deadlock
Distributed Scheduling-Issues in Load Distributing, Components for Load Distributing
Algorithms, Different Types of Load Distributing Algorithms, Task Migration and its issues.
Deadlock-Issues in deadlock detection & Resolutions, Deadlock Handling Strategy, Distributed
Deadlock Algorithms,
Unit-V
Distributed Multimedia & Database system
Distributed Data Base Management System(DDBMS), Types of Distributed Database,
Distributed Multimedia:- Characteristics of multimedia Data, Quality of Service Managements.
Case Study of Distributed System:- Amoeba, Mach, Chorus


References:
􀀀 Sinha, Distributed Operating System Concept & Design, PHI
􀀀 Coulouris & Dollimore, Distributed System Concepts and Design, Pearson Pub
􀀀 Singhal & Shivratari, Advance Concept in Operating System, McGraw Hill
􀀀 Attiya & Welch, Distributed Computing, Wiley Pub.