2da Practica Terica

cc462
Sistemas Concurrentes y Distribuidos
Harp
1.

We equip each server with a small UPS that allows it to run for a
short while (e.g., a few minutes) after a power failure; the server
uses this time to copy information in the log to disk. The
combination of the volatile log and the UPS is one of the novel
features of Harp.

a)NET b)NFS c)UPS d)VFS

e)backup

2.

The related file system work can be divided into three categories:
projects that provide a new file system, projects that support NFS
or VFS, and projects that use logs but not replication.

a)NET b)UPS
c)VFS d)copy e)replication f)FTP
g)UDP

3.

Harp is intended to run in an environment consisting of a

distributed collection of nodes that communicate by means of a
network. The network might be a local area net or a
geographically distributed net such as the Internet.

a)display b)performance c) d)go

e)run f) sites g)nodes

4.

The primary maintains a log in volatile memory in which it

records information about modification operations. The log
contains a sequence of event records; each record describes an
operation, and records at higher indices describe more recent
operations

Paxos
1. The Paxos algorithm assumes a network of processes. In its
consensus algorithm, each process plays the role of proposer,
acceptor, and learner.

a)registers b) processors
c)approach d)operation
f)process g)recent h)records

a)virtual b)failure d)hardware

e)data

2.

Assume that agents can communicate with one another by

sending messages.

a)packages b)messages
c)commands d)warnings

3.

Agents operate at arbitrary speed, may fail by stopping, and may

restart.

a)restart b)stop c)fail d)duplicate

e)reboot

4.

Messages can take arbitrarily long to be delivered, can be

duplicated, and can be lost, but they are not corrupted.

a)send b)duplicates c)delivered

d)moved e) removed f)stoped