Distributed Operating Systems will provide engineers, educators, and researchers with an in-depth understanding of the full range of distributed operating systems components. Each chapter addresses de-facto standards, popular technologies, and design principles applicable to a wide variety of systems. Complete with chapter summaries, end-of-chapter exercises and bibliographies, Distributed Operating Systems concludes with a set of case studies that provide real-world insights into four distributed operating systems.
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Computer Engineering Distributed Operating Systems Concepts and Design This thoughtfully organized, nonmathematical introduction to distributed operating systems details the fundamental concepts and design principles of a technology that, with the proliferation of computer networks, is emerging as one of the hottest areas in computer science and engineering. Distributed Operating Systems will provide engineers, educators, and researchers with an in-depth understanding of the fundamental concepts and current state of the art in the full range of distributed operating system components. Each chapter addresses de facto standards, popular technologies, and design principles applicable to a wide variety of systems. Complete with chapter summaries, end-of-chapter exercises and bibliographies, Distributed Operating Systems concludes with a set of case studies that provide real-world insights into four distributed operating systems. You'll find comprehensive coverage of all major issues in the field:
* Interprocess communication
* Distributed shared memory
* Synchronization
* Resource and process management
* File management
* Naming
* Security
* End-of-chapter pointers to the on-line bibliographies of interest posted on the Internet
* A multitude of design options, and more!
* Interprocess communication
* Distributed shared memory
* Synchronization
* Resource and process management
* File management
* Naming
* Security
* End-of-chapter pointers to the on-line bibliographies of interest posted on the Internet
* A multitude of design options, and more!
About the Author
Pradeep K. Sinha has been involved in the research and development of distributed systems for almost a decade. At present, Dr. Sinha is the coordinator of the Software Integration and Engineering Group at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune, India. C-DAC is India's national initiative in developing supercomputing facilities based on distributed-memory architecture. Before joining C-DAC, Dr. Sinha worked with the Multimedia Systems Research Laboratory of Panasonic in Tokyo, Japan, where he coordinated projects in the area of distributed and network systems. Dr. Sinha received his Doctor of Science degree from the University of Tokyo, Japan, where he was a key member of the Galaxy Distributed Operating Systems Group, and has authored a number of papers on distributed systems.
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This review is from: Distributed Operating Systems: Concepts and Design (Hardcover)
Concepts and coverage is excellent for learning and the content are not too in-depth especially towards a student. Cover areas like file organisation as well as memory management which is lacking in many similar topic publications. Chapters discussed are comprehensive and relevant to learners in these fields. Diagrams are illustrative and easy to understand. A good choice especially to students that are beginners in operating systems concepts.
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I am a faculty member in Computer Science at Georgia Southwestern State University, USA. I have used this book for a course on Distributed Operating Systems for graduate students. During the process of selecting a book for this course, I have looked into a number of books on this topic. Finally I selected this book due to the following reasons: 1. The content is clear start from the beginning. 2. Same (lucid) style of explanation throughout the book. 3. The material is complete in so many aspects. 4. Up to date (till the date of publication). 5. A clever student can read it and understand on his/her own.What else I want? Great job!! I am looking forward for the second edition of this book! Bhanu Prasad
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distributed shared memory, directory service, distributed file service, atomic transactions, digital signatures, distributed time service, block replica, name prefix table, time server node, monolithic kernel model, component name spaces, stateless service paradigm, external memory managers, page size algorithm, bullet server, process migration facility, resource naming facility, faulting node, name resolution operation, preemptive process migration, global run queue, handoff scheduling, microkernel model, network message servers, reply cache Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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distributed shared memory, directory service, distributed file service, atomic transactions, digital signatures, distributed time service, block replica, name prefix table, time server node, monolithic kernel model, component name spaces, stateless service paradigm, external memory managers, page size algorithm, bullet server, process migration facility, resource naming facility, faulting node, name resolution operation, preemptive process migration, global run queue, handoff scheduling, microkernel model, network message servers, reply cache Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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