Syllabus : Distributed Systems

Distributed Systems

Books to be used for Distributed Systems

Topic	Detail Theory	Suggested Books
Fundamentals	Introduction, Distributed Computing Models	Andrew S. Tanenbaum & Maarten van Steen “ Distributed Systems : Principles and paradigms” Prentice Hall of India Private Limited
	Software Concepts
	Issues in designing Distributed System
	Client – Server Model
Communication	Message Passing, Introduction to Message Passing, Advantages and features of Message Passing, Message Format	Pradeep K. Sinha “Distributed Operating Systems”, Prentice Hall of India Private Limited
	Message Buffering, Multi Data gram Messaging, Group Communication
	Remote Procedure Call (RPC): Basic RPC Operations	Pradeep K. Sinha “Distributed Operating Systems”, Prentice Hall of India Private Limited
	Parameter Passing, Extended RPC Models
	Remote Object Invocation: Distributed Objects, Binding a Client to an Object	Andrew S. Tanenbaum & Maarten van Steen “ Distributed Systems : Principles and paradigms” Prentice Hall of India Private Limited
	Static Vs Dynamic RMI, Parameter Passing, Java RMI
	Message Oriented Communication: Persistence and synchronicity in communication	Andrew S. Tanenbaum & Maarten van Steen “ Distributed Systems : Principles and paradigms” Prentice Hall of India Private Limited
	Message Oriented Transient and Persistent Communications
Processes	Threads	Andrew S. Tanenbaum & Maarten van Steen “ Distributed Systems : Principles and paradigms” Prentice Hall of India Private Limited Pradeep K. Sinha “Distributed Operating Systems”, Prentice Hall of India Private Limited
	Code Migration: Approaches to Code Migration
	Migration and Local Resources
	Migration in Heterogeneous Systems
Synchronization	Clock Synchronization, Physical and Logical Clocks	Andrew S. Tanenbaum & Maarten van Steen “ Distributed Systems : Principles and paradigms” Prentice Hall of India Private Limited Pradeep K. Sinha “Distributed Operating Systems”, Prentice Hall of India Private Limited
	Physical and Logical Clocks
	Physical and Logical Clocks, Global State
	Election Algorithms
	Mutual Exclusion
	Distributed Transactions
	Distributed Transactions
	Deadlocks