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Section 1
4 Marks
1. Explain evolution of distributed computing system.
2. Explain the message passing system in distributed system.
3. Describe process synchronization in distributed system.
4. Explain Mutual Exclusion in distributed system.
5. Describe Failure Handling in distributed system.
6 Marks
1. Explain all process migration mechanisms in detail.
2. Explain minicomputer model, workstation model and workstation server
model in detail.
3. What are the different issues in interprocess communication ?
4. What are Multi datagram messages ? Explain the working of Blast Protocol.
5. Explain the mechanisms for implementing the following IPC semantics.
a. Last one
b. Exactly once
c. Atleast one.
6. What is process migration ? With diagram, explain any two methods of address
space transfer mechanism.
16.Explain the mechanism used in the VMTP protocol for each of the following :
a. Handling of lost messages
b. Group communication
c. Flow control
d. Transparent communication
17.Suggest a suitable mechanism for implementing each of the following types of
IPC semantics
a. Last one
b. Exactly once
c. Atleast one.
18.With diagram explain the workstation model and workstation-server model
along with their advantages and disadvantages.
24.What is RPC ? Explain how the Client-Server binding takes place in RPC.
25.Explain the following with respect to one-to-many communication :
i) Group Management
ii) Flexible reliability in multicast communication
26.What is call semantics in RPC ? Explain different types of call semantics and give
example for each.
6 Marks
1. Explain different mechanism for building distributed file system.
2. Explain sender initiated load distributing algorithm.
3. Explain Ho-Ramamoorthy centralized deadlock detection algorithm.
4. What is grid ? Explain different types of grid.
5. What are different types of Grid, list and explain different application of grid
computing.
6. Explain GFS (Google File System) architecture with its architecture diagram.
7. Explain Deadlock handling strategies in distributed system in detail.
8. Explain typical data access action in distributed file system with flowchart.
9. Explain HO-Ramamoorthy centralized deadlock detection algorithm.
10.Explain sender-Initiated load distributing algorithm.
20.Explain file sharing semantics and file caching schemes used in Distributed
File System.
21.Draw and explain the architecture of distributed file system.
22.List and explain the four steps of process migration.
26.What are design goals for chorus ? Sketch and explain the chorus system
architecture.
27.What are the desirable features of good process migration mechanism ?
Explain in detail.
28.Explain in detail the file-caching scheme in distributed file system.