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Distributed Operating Systems Concepts and Practice

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ISBN-10: 0130798436

ISBN-13: 9780130798435

Edition: 2000

Authors: Doreen L. Galli

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For one-semester, fourth-year undergraduate courses in Parallel Computing, Distributed Operating Systems, and for graduate curriculum in the department of computer science. This text examines the concepts, theory, and practice in distributed operating systems. A two-part approach presents the basic foundation for distributed computing and then expands on these topics to cover advanced distributed operating systems. It describes in detail every major aspect of the topics, and includes relevant examples of real operating systems to reinforce concepts and illustrate decisions that must be made by distributed system designers.
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Book details

List price: $149.80
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 8/31/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

Introduction to Distributed Systems
What is an Operating System?
What is a Distributed System?
What is a Real-Time System? What is a Parallel System?
Sample Distributed Application
Summary
References for Further Study
Exercises
The Kernel
Kernel Types
Processes and Threads
Process Management
Process Scheduling
Summary
References for Further Study
Exercises
Interprocess Communication
Selection Factors
Message Passing
Pipes
Sockets
Remote Procedure Calls
Summary
References for Further Study
Exercises
Memory Management
Review of Centralized Memory Management
Simple Memory Model
Shared Memory Model
Distributed Shared Memory
Memory Migration
Summary
References for Further Study
Exercises
Concurrency Control
Mutual Exclusion and Critical Regions
Semaphores Monitors
Locks
Software Lock Control
Token-Passing Mutual Exclusion
Deadlocks
Summary
References for Further Study
Exercises
Object-Based Operating systems
Introduction to Objects
The Clouds Object Approach
Chorus V3 and COOL v2. Amoeba
Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM)
CORBA Overview
Summary
References for Further Study
Exercises
Distributed Process Management
Distributed Scheduling Algorithm Choices
Scheduling Algorithm Approaches
Coordinator Elections
Orphan Processes
Summary
References for Further Study
Exercises
Distributed File Systems
Distributed Name Service
Distributed File Service
Distributed Directory Service
NFS
X.500
Summary
References for Further Study
Exercises
Transaction Management & Consistency Models
Transaction Management Motivation
ACID Properties of a Transaction
Consistency Models
Two-Phase Commit Protocol
Nested Transactions
Implementation Issues for Transactions
Summary
References for Further Study
Exercises
Distributed Synchronization
Introduction to Global Time
Physical Clocks
Network Time Protocol (NTP)
Logical Clocks
Summary
References for Further Study
Exercises
Distributed Security
Crytography and Digital Signatures
Authentication
Access Control (Firewalls)
Summary
References for Further Study
Exercises
CASE STUDY: Windows 2000
Overview: Windows 2000 Design
Kernel Mode Overview
Plug and Play
NT Files System in Windows 2000 (NTFS)
Active Directory
Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
Cluster Service
Windows 2000 Security
HYDRA-A Thin Client
Summary
References for Further Study
Exercises
Surgical Scheduling Program
Documentation Overview
Design Documentation
Functional Descriptions
Data Dictionary
User Documentation
Client Source Code
Server Source Code
Common Source Code
File Initialization Source Code: write_ca.c
List of Acronyms
Glossary of Terms
Bibliography
Index