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Potential Midterm questions
- Describe three strategies used to increase scalability in distributed operating systems. Give and
explain specific examples of each.
- _____________ is the solution to what problem? How does it attempt solve that problem? And how
effective does the solution appear to be? Answer for at least two filesystems discussed in class.
- “UNIX compatibility is sacrificed in order to improve scalability.” Argue for or against, using specific
examples discussed in class.
- How much do modern systems follow the template of "Resource Sharing Computer Communications Networks"? How are things the same? How do they differ?