CSC 6260 Distributed Systems I

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CSC 6260 Distributed Systems I

• Pre-requisite
• CSC 4420 Operating systems
• Name Dr. George Towfic
• office R454 (State Hall)
• Phone [phone]
• Email(office) gtowfic_at_cs.wayne.edu
• Email(Home) Towfic_at_provide.net
• Fax[phone]
• HomePage http//www.cs.wayne.edu/gtowfic

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Subject Outline

• Objectives
• To study in depth the technical issues in
  distributed system especially those related to
  software programming and maintenance.
• Textbook References
• Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Distributed Operating
  Systems, Prentice Hall International Editions,
  1995.
• G. F. Coulourism and J. Dollimore, Distributed
  Systems Concepts and Design, 2nd Edition,
  Addison-Wesley, 199X.
• Stevens, W. Richard, UNIX Network Programming,
  Prentice Hall, 1998.
• William Stallings, Local Metropollitan Area
  Networks,Prentice-Hall
• 1997
• Henry F. Korth and Abraham Silberschatz, Database
  System Concepts, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill, Inc.
  1991.
• David M. Piscitell and A.Lyman Chapin, Open
  systems Networking
• Assessment

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Subject Outline (continue)

• Passing grade and Grade Distribution (Guidelines)
• A (10 /- 5)
• B (50 /- 10)
• C, D, F (40 /- 15)
• Average of this class should be either B- or C.
• To pass this subject, the overall score should be
  higher than 35 and that the final exam should be
  higher than 20.
• To get the A grade, the overall score should be
  higher than 65.
• Each person, each semester can have one
  supplementary exam.
• The highest grade for supplementary exam is D.

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Subject Contents

• Introduction (Chapter 1, Coulouris Chapter 1,
  William )
• Communication in Distributed Systems (Chapter 2,
  Coulouris Chapter 2 William Chapter 13,
  Piscitello )
• Review of the Layered Protocols
• The Client and Server Model
• Remote Procedure Call
• Group Communication
• Synchronization in Distributed Systems (Chapter 3
  )
• Mutual Exclusion
• Atomic Transactions
• Deadlocks in Distributed Systems
• Distributed Resource Management(Chapter 5,
  Coulouris Chapter 2, Stallings)
• Distributed File Systems(Chapter 8, Coulouris
  Chapter 6 Piscitello)
• Distributed Memory
• Distributed Scheduling
• Distributing Operating Systems(Chapter
  6,Coulouris)
• Processes and Threads.
• Communication and Invocation.
• Virtual memory.
• Fault Tolerance (Section4.5, Coulouris )

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Assessment

• Homework
• Homework problems will be given in class. In
  case of difficulty or doubt with these problems,
  approach the instructor for clarification.
• Project
• There will be projects and presentation of
  the project results will be required. You should
• turn in the following
• 1.a completed cover page,
• 2.a summary,
• 3.a design document,
• 4.a description of your testing and
  debugging efforts,
• 5.a print out of the project code and
  documentation,
• 6.a floppy disk containing all the files
  needed to compile and run your copy of project.
• 7.a README file of brief description of
  the functionality of
• each program modules
• and how to run your program.

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Report preparation

• The design document, summary etc. should be
  typewritten.
• Suggestions for writing the summary are
• include a discussion of what you have learned
  from this project.
• the highlights of your program, the limitations
  of your program. Think of other interesting
  things to include
• in the summary. Write the summary and the design
  document as if you are
• preparing reports for peer approval in a
  professional job environment. Make sure that your
  code Compiles and runs on the machines in State
  Hall.
• Present your project in a professional manner.
  For instance, use a folder, create appropriate
  sections and provide a table of contents etc.
• Exams
• Two tests will be given. The exams will be
  in late-October and during the final exam week.