Give difference between parallel systems and distributed systems.
[3 marks]What is the need of distributed systems? Explain cluster computing.
[4 marks]Discuss (i) object based (ii) data centered and (iii) event based architectures of distributed systems.
[7 marks]Give advantages and disadvantages of virtual machine.
[3 marks]Discuss issues of code migration in heterogeneous systems.
[4 marks]Explain message oriented transient and persistent communication.
[7 marks]Explain stream oriented communication.
[7 marks]What is name space? Give hierarchy of name servers.
[3 marks]Explain distributed hash table name resolution mechanism.
[4 marks]What is Clock Synchronization? Explain lamport time-stamp algorithm in detail.
[7 marks]Explain LDAP in detail.
[3 marks]Briefly explain iterative name resolution technique.
[4 marks]Why mutual exclusion is more complex in distributed systems? Categorize and compare mutual exclusion algorithms.
[7 marks]Explain monotonic - read consistency model.
[3 marks]Discuss Byzantime agreement problem of process resilience.
[4 marks]Explain two phase commit protocol.
[7 marks]Explain monotonic - write consistency model.
[3 marks]Discuss failure detection of process resilience.
[4 marks]Explain absolute ordering, total ordering and casual ordering of reliable group communication.
[7 marks]Explain public key crypto systems: RSA.
[3 marks]Discuss digital signature in detail.
[4 marks]Explain Distributed File System in details.
[7 marks]Explain hash function: MD5.
[3 marks]Discuss Kerberos in detail.
[4 marks]Explain Distributed Web based System in details.
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