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1(a)
What are the fundamental issues in resource management in distributed system?
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1(b)
Why is scalability an important feature in the design of a distributed system? Discuss some of the guiding principles for designing a scalable distributed system.
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2(a)
What are the different types of failures and how are they dealt in distributed system?
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Solve any one question from Q.2(b) & Q.2(c)
2(b)
What is datagram? Explain the mechanism of handling multiple datagrams in IPC.
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2(c)
Network system protocols are unsuitable for distributed systems. Explain.
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Solve any one question from Q.3 & Q.4
3(a)
Enumerate the various issues in clock synchronization. Classify the clock synchronization algorithms and explain Berkeley algorithm with an example.
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3(b)
What is remote method invocation? What are the commonalities and differences between RPC and RMI?
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4(a)
Compare message passing
And distributed shared memory approaches.
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4(b)
Define thrashing in DSM. Also explain methods for solving thrashing problem in DSM
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Solve any one question from Q.5 & Q.6
5(a)
What is process migration? List the steps for it. What is the advantage of process migration?
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5(b)
What are threads? Enumerate the major differences between threads and processes. Discuss thread synchronization.
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6(a)
What is object location? How is it carried out in a distributed system? Discuss various object-locating mechanisms.
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6(b)
Explain an algorithm using multicast and logical clocks for mutual exclusion.
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Solve any one question from Q.7 & Q.8
7(a)
How does DFS differ from a file system used for a centralized time-sharing system?
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7(b)
Explain the DNS name service and bind implementation of DNS.
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8(a)
Explain the DSM system architecture. How does granularity affect DSM system
Performance?
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8(b)
Explain the common approaches to user authentication. What problems are associated with these approaches?
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