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Distributed Operating Systems Syllabus

This document outlines the course objectives, expected outcomes, student learning outcomes, modules, and textbooks for the Distributed Operating Systems course ITA5006. The course aims to help students understand foundations of distributed systems, distributed operating system architecture and support, process and resource management issues, and fault tolerance approaches. It covers topics like process synchronization, distributed system architectures, deadlock handling, distributed shared memory, load distribution, and failure recovery. The course has 30 lecture hours divided into 8 modules.

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Distributed Operating Systems Syllabus

This document outlines the course objectives, expected outcomes, student learning outcomes, modules, and textbooks for the Distributed Operating Systems course ITA5006. The course aims to help students understand foundations of distributed systems, distributed operating system architecture and support, process and resource management issues, and fault tolerance approaches. It covers topics like process synchronization, distributed system architectures, deadlock handling, distributed shared memory, load distribution, and failure recovery. The course has 30 lecture hours divided into 8 modules.

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ITA5006 Distributed Operating Systems L T P J C

2 0 0 4 3
Pre-requisite Nil Syllabus version
1.0
Course Objectives:
1. Understanding the foundations of Distributed Systems.
2. Understanding the system level and support required for distributed operating system.
3. Understanding the issues involved in study process and resource management.
4. Understanding and to resolve the issues in fault tolerance and recovering the error using
suitable approaches.

Expected Course Outcomes:


1. Demonstrate knowledge of the process synchronization.
2. Analyze the architecture of distributed systems and issues in distributed operating
systems.
3. Analyze and identify the limitations of distributed systems.
4. Use and apply deadlock handling strategies in distributed environment.
5. Analyze and test algorithm for distributed shared memory.
6. Analyze the performance of load distribution algorithms and to resolve the issues in load
distribution.
7. Design a protocol to ensure failure recovery and fault tolerance in distributed operating
system.
8. Design and develop domain specific application for distributed operating system.2

Student Learning Outcomes (SLO): 2, 5, 18


[2] Having a clear understanding of the subject related concepts and of contemporary issues
[5] Having design thinking capability
[18] Having critical thinking and innovative skills
Module:1 Fundamentals of Process Synchronization 4 hours
Overview – Synchronization Mechanisms – The Critical-Section Problem, Peterson's Solution,
Semaphores, Classic Problems of Synchronization, Process Scheduling algorithms.

Module:2 Distributed Operating Systems 4 hours


Architectures of Distributed Systems, issues in distributed operating systems, communication
networks, communication primitives.

Module:3 Theoretical Foundations 5 hours


Inherent limitations of a distributed system, lamp ports logical clocks, vector clocks, causal
ordering of messages, global state

Module:4 Distributed Deadlock Detection 5 hours


Deadlock handling strategies in distributed systems, issues in deadlock detection and resolution,
centralized deadlock detection algorithms, path-pushing algorithm, Edge-chasing algorithm.
Module:5 Distributed Shared Memory 4 hours
Architecture, algorithms for implementing DSM, memory coherence protocols. Case studies:
IVY, mirage.

Module:6 Distributed Scheduling 3 hours


Issues in Load distributing, Load distribution algorithms, performance comparison

Module:7 Failure Recovery & Fault Tolerance 3 hours


Classification of failures, backward and forward error recovery approaches, Fault Tolerance
issues, commit protocols

Module:8 Contemporary issues 2 hours


Expert Talk

Total Lecture hours: 30 hours

Text Book(s)
1. Mukesh Singhal & Niranjan G. Shivaratri, Advanced concepts in Operating Systems:
Distributed, Database and Multiprocessor operating systems, 2017, 1st Edition, McGraw-
Hill Education
Reference Books
1. Silberschatz, P.B. Galvin & G. Gagne, Operating System Concepts, 2013, 9th Edition, John
Wiley.
2. Pradeep K. Sinha, Distributed Operating Systems: concepts and design, 2009, Prentice
Hall India Learning Private Limited.
3. Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Modern Operating System, 2016, 4th Edition, Pearson Education
India.

Recommended by Board of Studies 05-03-2016


Approved by Academic Council 40th Date 18-03-2016

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