Wednesday, July 16, 2014

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING (DC) MAY 2012 COMPUTER SCIENCE SEMESTER 8

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING (DC) MAY 2012 COMPUTER SCIENCE SEMESTER 8

Con. 4452-12.                              (REVISED COURSE)                                         GN-8270
                                                           (3 Hours)                                          [Total Marks : 100]

N.B. : (1) Question No. 1 is compulsory.
          (2) Attempt any four questions, out of remaining questions.
          (3) All questions carry equal marks.
          (4) Draw neat diagram wherever required.

1. (a)Explain Distributed computing systems models with diagram.10
    (b)Explain desirable features of a good distributed file system .10

2. (a)

Compare and contrast Mutual Exclusion Algorithms.

10
    (b)Explain Failure handling in message passing.10

3. (a)

Discuss the Issues in designing Load-balancing algorithm.

10
    (b)Explain communication protocols for RPC.10

4. (a)

Explain Stateful file servers and Sateless file servers and its advantages.

10
    (b)Write a note on Group communication.10

5. (a)

Write a note on System oriented names and Human oriented names

10
    (b)Explain the different distributed physical clock synchronization algorithms10
with their relative advantages and disadvantages.

6. (a)

Explain various consistency models in DSM.

10
    (b)Explain RPC implementation mechanism.10

7.

Write short notes on (any four) :-

20
(a) Thrashing
(b) Token ring algorithm
(c) DCOM
(d) File - Caching schemes
(e) Process migration
(f) Naming and security

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