510108 Distributed Systems
Teaching Scheme Examination Scheme
Lectures: 3 Hrs/week Theory: 100 Marks
Total Credits : 03
1. Introduction of Distributed Systems
Introduction, Examples of distributed systems, Resource sharing and the Web,
Challenges, System models- Architectural models, Fundamental models
2. Communication
Interprocess Communication- Introduction, The API for the Internet protocols, External
data representation and marshalling, Client-server communication, Group
communication, Interprocess communication in UNIX, Distributed Objects and Remote
Invocation-Communication between distributed objects, Sun RPC, Events and
notifications, Java RMI.
3. Synchronization
Clocks, events and process states, Synchronizing physical clocks, Logical time and
logical clocks, Global states, Mutual exclusion, Elections, Multicast communication,
Distributed transactions
4. Distributed File Systems
Introduction, File service architecture, Sun Network File System, Andrew File System
Name Services-Name services and the Domain Name, Directory services, Global Name
Service, X.500 Directory Service, Peer-to-Peer Systems
5. Distributed Shared Memory
Design and implementation issues, Sequential consistency, Release consistency, Other
consistency models
6. Distributed System Security
Introduction, Potential attacks to computer systems, Cryptography, Authentication,
Access control, Digital signatures, Design principles, DCE security service
7. Web Services
Introduction, Web services-SOAP; Service descriptions and IDL for web services, A
directory service for use with web services, XML security, Coordination of web services,
Grid
Text Books:
1.George Coulouris, Jean Dollimore and Tim Kindberg, “Distributed Systems, Concepts
and Design”, Fourth Edition, Addison Wesley
2. Pradeep K. Sinha, "Distributed Operating Systems Concepts and Design" , PHI
Publication
Reference Books:
1. Future Directions in Distributed Computing Research and Position Papers Series:
Lecture Notes in Computer Science , Vol. 2584 Schiper, A.; Shvartsman, A.A.;
Weatherspoon, H.; Zhao, B.Y. (Eds.) 2003, X, 219 p., Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-
00912-2
2. Andrew S. Tanenbaum & Maarten van Steen,”Distributed Systems -Principles
and Paradigms" PHI Publication
3. Distributed Systems, Sape Mullender (Editor),Addison-Wesley Publication
4. Reliable Distributed Systems: Technologies, Web Services, and Applications, Kenneth
P. Birman Springer; 1 edition
5. Galli D.L., “Distributed Operating Systems: Concepts and Practice”, Prentice-Hall
2000.
Reference http://www.unipune.ernet.in/stud_info/Syllabi/Syllabus_2008.html
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