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Excerpt from The Design and Analysis of a Distributed Processing System The design of a distributed operating system based on a small set of synchronous message passing primitives, send-receive-reply, is explored. A description of how the UNIX operating system can be extended by these primitives to support a local area network environment consisting of diskless workstations connected by Ethernet to remote file servers is given. A performance analysis of the consequences of having all files transferred remotely over the network is presented. It is concluded that the proposed distributed UNIX is competitive with traditional time-sharing operating systems. This thesis is divided into two parts. In the first part, a concise message passing methodology is introduced and explored. The send-receive-reply message primitives are the basis of this methodology and allows for a client-server model of interprocess communication. Their use in Thoth [Cheriton 79], a real-time operating system, and V [Cheriton 83], a distributed version of Thoth, is examined. Thoth and V implement a generalization of a server process, known as an administrator, which provides a well organized process-structured solution to the client-server model. The ideas of Thoth and V are then applied to the UNIX [Ritchie 74] operating system to explore the possibility of a distributed version of UNIX. Specifically, the V kernel architecture of single user diskless work stations connected by Ethernet [Metcalfe 76] to remote file servers is the basis for our distributed UNIX architecture. This implies that the UNIX file system, formerly a kernel service, is now distributed to a remote processor as a server process. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original fo
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- PublisherForgotten Books
- Publication date2020
- ISBN 10 1332119778
- ISBN 13 9781332119776
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages107
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book explores a new distributed processing system that utilizes a set of message passing primitives: send, receive, and reply. The author draws from the Thoth and V operating systems to illustrate these primitives' practical application. Thoth's message-passing methodology is seen as a way to implement solutions to client-server models. The author believes that this approach can be extended to time-sharing and distributed operating systems. The book examines the implications of implementing the send, receive, and reply primitives in a distributed UNIX operating system. A performance analysis of the consequences of transferring files over a network in this system is presented and found to be competitive with traditional time-sharing operating systems. The author concludes that the message passing approach of the V kernel can be exploited by UNIX and provides an efficient procedural interface for user applications. This book will appeal to anyone interested in the design and analysis of distributed processing systems. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781332119776_0
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