Distributed Operating Systems--Allan Gottlieb
Announcements
The FINAL EXAM is thursday 7 may from 10:00am until 11:50am in room
102 ciww (i.e. our normal class room)
The answers to homework problems from all chapters are available.
See below.
I am here all day tuesday. Stop by, email, or phone (998-3344)
with any questions.
For old announcements, click
here.
Lab 1
Lab 1, on process coordination, is here in
postscript
and in
html. The lab was officially assigned
on 26 feb and due three weeks later. Since that is 16 march, which is
during spring break, the lab is due 24 march. PLEASE do not start on
the lab 23 march and expect to get it in on time.
Notes on simulating concurrency, which is needed for the lab, are also
here in
postscript
and in
html.
Lecture Notes
For the full set of lecture notes, which are
updated as bugs are found, click
here.
For individual lectures, click
here.
Homework Solutions
For answers to homework questions, click
here.
Syllabus
- Chapter 9: Introduction
- Chapter 10: Communication
- Shared-Memory Coordination (NOT from the book)
- Lab 1 (on shared memory coordination)
- Midterm Exam
- Chapter 11: Distributed System Coordination
- Chapter 12: Processes in distributed systems
- Chapter 13: Distributed File Systems
- Final Exam (7 May, 10am)