DistOS 2019F 2019-10-07

Readings

Amoeba & Clouds

• Andrew Tannenbaum et al., "The Amoeba System" (1990)
• Partha Dasgupta et al., "The Clouds Distributed Operating System" (1991)

Discussion Questions

• How was access control implemented in Amoeba?
• What was the process model on Clouds?
• Were theses systems very UNIX-like? Why or why not?
• Were there any interesting offshoots of these projects?

Sample Exam

Test 1 from Fall 2018