Subj

ect
:Oper
ati
ngSy
stem

Subj
ectCode:CS-
381

Assi
gnment
-1

By

Name:SaudKhal
id

I
D 442811357

2023
Qu-
1Whatar
etheadv
ant
agesofdi
str
ibut
edoper
ati
ngsy
stem?
1.Shar
ingofr
esour
ces:
Dist
ri
but
edoper
ati
ngsy
stemsal
l
owmul
ti
plecomput
ers
t
oshar
eandut
il
izer
esour
cessuchasst
orage,
processi
ngpower
,memor
y,and
per
ipher
als.Thi
sleadst
oef
fi
cientr
esour
ceut
il
izat
ionandbet
terov
eral
lsy
stem
per
for
mance.
2.Rel
i
abi
l
ity
:Di
str
ibut
edoper
ati
ngsy
stemsar
edesi
gnedt
obemor
erel
i
abl
ethan
t
radi
ti
onal
cent
ral
i
zedsy
stems.I
fonenodeorcomponentf
ail
s,ot
hernodescan
cont
inuet
ooper
ate,
ensur
ingsy
stem av
ail
abi
l
ity
.Redundancyandf
aul
ttol
erance
mechani
smsar
eof
tenempl
oyedt
oenhancer
eli
abi
l
ity
.
3.Communi
cat
ion:
Dist
ri
but
edoper
ati
ngsy
stemsf
aci
l
itat
ecommuni
cat
ionand
dat
ashar
ingamongnodesi
nanet
wor
k.Pr
ocessesr
unni
ngondi
ff
erentmachi
nes
cancommuni
cat
eandexchangedat
aseaml
essl
y,enabl
i
ngcol
l
abor
ati
onand
di
str
ibut
edcomput
ing.Thi
senhancesf
lexi
bil
i
tyandenabl
esdi
str
ibut
ed
appl
i
cat
ionst
obedev
eloped.
4.Comput
ati
onspeedup:
Dist
ri
but
edoper
ati
ngsy
stemscanhar
nesst
he
comput
ingpowerofmul
ti
plemachi
nes,
all
owi
ngf
orpar
all
elpr
ocessi
ngand
di
str
ibut
edcomput
ing.
oper
ati
ngsy
stemsof
ferscal
abi
l
itybyal
l
owi
ngt
headdi
ti
onofmor
enodest
othe
sy
stem.
6.Loadbal
anci
ng:
Dist
ri
but
edoper
ati
ngsy
stemsempl
oyl
oadbal
anci
ng
t
echni
quest
odi
str
ibut
etasksandwor
kloadsev
enl
yacr
ossmul
ti
plenodes.
7.Fl
exi
bil
i
tyandadapt
abi
l
ity
:Di
str
ibut
edoper
ati
ngsy
stemspr
ovi
def
lexi
bil
i
tyi
n
t
ermsofsy
stem conf
igur
ati
onandr
esour
ceal
l
ocat
ion.Nodescanbeaddedor
r
emov
edf
rom t
henet
wor
kwi
thoutdi
srupt
ingt
heov
eral
lsy
stem oper
ati
on.
8.Enhancedf
aul
ttol
erance:
Dist
ri
but
edoper
ati
ngsy
stemsar
edesi
gnedt
obe
r
esi
l
ienti
nthef
aceoff
ail
ures.
9.Geogr
aphi
cdi
str
ibut
ion:
Dist
ri
but
edoper
ati
ngsy
stemsenabl
egeogr
aphi
c
di
str
ibut
ionofr
esour
cesandser
vices.
Qu-
2Whati
sthemai
npur
poseofanoper
ati
ngsy
stem?
Themai
npur
poseofanoper
ati
ngsy
stem i
stomanageandcont
rol
ther
esour
ces
ofacomput
ersy
stem andpr
ovi
deaconv
eni
entandef
fi
cienti
nter
facef
oruser
sto
i
nter
actwi
tht
hehar
dwar
eandsof
twar
ecomponent
s.