Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani

Work-Integrated Learning Programmes Division

Second Semester 2019-2020

Mid-Semester Test
(EC-2 Make-up)

Course No. : SS ZG554

Course Title : DISTRIBUTED DATA SYSTEMS
Nature of Exam : Closed Book
Weightage : 35% No. of Pages =1
Duration : 2 Hours No. of Questions = 2
Start Date of Exam : 26-06-2020 09:00 AM IST
End Date of Exam : 27-06-2020 08:59 AM IST
Note:
1. Please follow all the Instructions to Candidates given on the cover page of the answer book.
2. All parts of a question should be answered consecutively. Each answer should start from a fresh page.
3. Assumptions made if any, should be stated clearly at the beginning of your answer.

Q.1. For each of the four replication protocols (eager centralized, eager distributed, lazy centralized,
lazy distributed), give a scenario/application where the approach is more suitable than the
other approaches. Explain why?

Q.2. Propose an architecture for a parallel shared-memory database server and provide a qualitative
comparison with shared-nothing architecture on the basis of expected performance, software
complexity (in particular, data placement and query processing), extensibility, and availability.

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