System Components - File Management System Components - Secondary Storage Management
System Components - File Management System Components - Secondary Storage Management
ì Movement between levels of storage hierarchy can be ì Mul+tasking environments must be careful to use
explicit or implicit most recent value, no maFer where it is stored in the
storage hierarchy
ì Mul+processor environment must provide cache
coherency in hardware such that all CPUs have the
most recent value in their cache
ì Distributed environment situa+on even more complex
ì Several copies of a datum can exist
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System Components –
I/O System Management
Protection and Security
ì One purpose of OS is to hide peculiari+es of hardware ì Protec'on – any mechanism for controlling access of
devices from the user processes or users to resources defined by the OS
The I/O system consists of: ì Security – defense of the system against internal and
external aFacks
ì A buffer-caching system
ì
ì A general device-driver interface
ì
ì Drivers for specific hardware devices