DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING Question Bank UNIT-I 1. 2. 3. 4. Compare the distributed systems with centralized systems and individual PCs.

Discuss about the design issues of Distributed systems. Discuss in short about the Hardware concepts of Distributed. Discuss in detail about the design issues and the implementation issues Remote Procedure Call (RPC). Discuss in short about the various channel models of distributed. Discuss in detail about the Network File System (NFS).

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Discuss in detail about the blocking and non-blocking primitives. Discuss in detail about the buffered and un-buffered primitives. Discuss in detail about the reliable and un-reliable primitives. Prepare a comparative statement over the different types of primitives in distributed systems. Discuss in detail about the design issues of client server model. Explain about the implementation of client server model.

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Discuss in detail about three mutual exclusion algorithms in detail. Discuss about the ring election algorithm in detail and compare it with the Bully algorithm. Define and describe the concept of Deadlock Detection in distributed systems. Discuss and compare about centralized and distributed deadlock detection algorithms. Define and describe the concept of Clock Synchronization in distributed systems. Discuss about the three clock synchronization algorithms in detail.

UNIT-IV 1. Discuss about the file service interface in DFS. 2. Discuss about the directory server interface in DFS. 3. Explain about file sharing semantics with its variations in DFS. 4. Describe the concept of different file caching schemes with their merits and demerits. 5. Explain the concept of file replication in DFS. 6. Explain the concept of fault tolerance in DFS. UNIT-V

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Explain about the inter process communication models implemented in AMOEBA. Describe the file and directory services that are implemented in AMOEBA. Explain about the synchronization models implemented in MACH. Describe the replication schemes that are available in MACH. Compare the AMOEBA, MACH and CHORUS systems in brief. Discuss in brief about replication and transaction schemes, security and fault tolerance capabilities in the distributed databases.