Homework: Advanced Operating System
Question I
1). How Process migration within a heterogeneous network is usually impossible, given the differences in architectures and operating systems. Describe a method for process migration across different architectures running:
a) The same operating system
b) Different operating systems
2) To build a robust distributed system, you must know what kinds of failures can occur.
a) List three possible types of failure in a distributed system.
b) Specify which of the entries in your list also are applicable to a centralized system.
Question II
1) Protection in a Distributed system is more difficult, where the users are allowed to do their own I/O, explain your answer with justifications, Why?
2) Why is deadlock detection much more expensive in a distributed environment than in a centralized environment?
Question III
Explain the following with diagram
1) How do caches help improve performance? Why do systems not use more or larger caches if they are so useful?
2) Stateful vs Stateless service
3) Majority vs Biased Protocol
4) Hard real time systems vs Soft real time systems
5) Interrupt Latency vs Dispatch Latency
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.