Question 1:
What do you understand the term message passing system? Illustrate the desirable features of a message passing system.
Question 2:
Illustrate the implementation of RPC Mechanism in detail.
Question 3:
Illustrate out the following with respect to Distributed Shared Memory:
• Memory Coherence (Consistency) Models
• Memory Consistency models
• Implementing Sequential Consistency
• Centralized – Server Algorithm
Question 4:
Illustrate out the following with respect to Resource Management in Distributed Systems:
• Task assignment Approach
• Load – Balancing Approach
• Load – Sharing Approach
Question 5:
Illustrate out the following with respect to Distributed File Systems:
• The Key Challenges of Distributed Systems
• Client’s Perspective: File Services
• File Access Semantics
• Server’s Perspective Implementation
• Stateful Versus Stateless Servers
Question 6:
Discuss the Clock Synchronization Algorithms and Distributed Algorithms in context of Synchronization.