16 Distributed Structures.ppt

16: Distributed Structures * Jerry Breecher OPERATING SYSTEMS Distributed System Structures 16: Distributed Structures * DISTRIBUTED STRUCTURES This chapter sets the foundation for our discussion about networks and distributed OS. VOCABULARY ? Tightly coupled systems Same clock, usually shared memory. Multiprocessors. Communication is via this shared memory. ? Loosely coupled systems Different clock, use communication links. Distributed systems. ? sites = nodes = computers = machines = hosts ? Local The resources on your home host. ? Remote The resources NOT on your home host. ? Server A host at a site that has a resource used by a Client. 16: Distributed Structures * NETWORK STRUCTURES Network Operating Systems Users are aware of multiplicity of machines. Access to resources of various machines is done explicitly by: Remote logging into the appropriate remote machine (ssh, browser) Transferring data from remote machines to local machines (browser, ssh) Distributed Operating Systems Users not aware of multiplicity of machines Access to remote resources similar to access to local resources Data Migration – transfer data by transferring entire file, or transferring only those portions of the file necessary for the immediate task Computation Migration – transfer the computation, rather than the data, across the system Vocabulary 16: Distributed Structures * NETWORK STRUCTURES ?Clusters The hardware on which distributed systems run. A current buzzword. It allows more compute power, compared to a mainframe, by running on many inexpensive small machines. Vocabulary ?Chapter 17 talks in great deal about distributed systems as a whole; meanwhile well discuss the components of these systems. 16: Distributed Structures * NETWORK STRUCTURES Advantages of distributed systems: ? Resource Sharing Items such as printers, specialized processors, disk farms, files can be shared among various sites. ? Computation Speedup Loa