UNIVERSITY OF KERALA - Marian Engineering College

B.Tech Comp. Sc. & Engg., University of Kerala 78
08.804 DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS 2 – 1 – 0
Module I (12 hours)
Characteristics of distributed System: Examples of distributed systems – resource sharing and web – world
wide web – issues in the design of distributed system. System models: Architectural models and fundamental
models. Networking and internetworking: Types of network – network principles – internet protocols
Module II (14 hours)
Interprocess communication : the API for internet protocol – external data representation and marshalling –
client server communication - group communication- case study: inter process communication in Unix.
Distributed objects and remote invocation: communication between distributed objects – remote procedure
call – Events and notification. Operating system support: Operating system layer – protection – processes and
threads- communication and invocation – Operating system architecture security: Overview of security
techniques
Module III (13 hours)
Distributed file system: File service architecture - network file system- Andrew file system-recent advances
Transactions and concurrency control: nested transactions-locks-optimistic concurrency control-comparison
of methods for concurrency control-flat and nested distributed transactions- distributed deadlockstransactions
recovery. Replication System model and group communication- fault tolerant servicestransactions
with replicated data
Text Books:
1. Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design – G. Coulouris, J. Dollimore and T. Kindberg, Pearson Education
Reference Books:
1. Distributed Systems: Principles and paradigms – A.S. Tanenbaum and M.V. Steen, Pearson Education
2. Distributed Systems and Computer Networks – M. Solomon and J. Krammer, PHI
Internal Continuous Assessment (Maximum Marks-50)
25 Marks - Tests (minimum 2)
15 Marks - Assignments (minimum 3) such as home work, problem solving, literature survey, seminar,
term-project, software exercises, etc.
10 Marks - Regularity in the class
University Examination Pattern
PART A: Short answer questions 10 x 4 marks=40 marks
All questions are compulsory. There should be at least three questions
from each module and not more than four questions from any module.
PART B: Descriptive/Analytical/Problem solving questions 3 x 20 marks=60 marks
Candidates have to answer one question out of two or two questions
out of four from each module
Maximum Total Marks: 100