COMP 3000 Assignment 2
Preliminary Questions (assignment is not final!)
- Compare and contrast the IBM PC BIOS, EFI, coreboot, and Open Firmware. What are the key features of each, and what are their advantages and disadvantages?
- Does it make any sense to implement RAID in the context of a cluster-based filesystem such as the Google File System? Explain and contrast the RAID and GFS approaches to fast yet reliable storage using commodity disks.