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6 February 2023

  • 16:1716:17, 6 February 2023 diff hist +368 N DistOS 2023W 2023-02-06Created page with "==Discussion questions== * Discuss what you think was interesting about Sprite relative to past systems. What was new? What was old? * How does AFS compare to NFS, in terms of their design, implementation, and ambition? * What is the role of UNIX in the design and implementation of Sprite and AFS? * What else came to mind when reading and discussing these papers?"

3 February 2023

2 February 2023

1 February 2023

  • 19:1119:11, 1 February 2023 diff hist +981 N DistOS 2023W 2023-02-01Created page with "==Notes== <pre> LOCUS & NFS notes ----------------- NFS: file servers & file clients (few servers, many clients) - files live on the servers LOCUS: every computer has files, not all files are on all computers - so each computer could be a server or a client - or just have local access could have replicas but logically should act like one file - so replicas have to by synchronized - did centralized sync via a designated host - all updates would go there, and th..." current

31 January 2023

30 January 2023

  • 16:3416:34, 30 January 2023 diff hist +328 N DistOS 2023W 2023-01-30Created page with "==Discussion Questions== * Why do RPCs require data to be copied? * Why is transparency important? Do you think it is still important? * How does SUN's RPC compare to that described by Nelson? * Why did SUN make its own RPC mechanism? * What are alternatives to RPC? * Do you think RPCs are good for security? Why or why not?"

27 January 2023

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16 January 2023

  • 18:0018:00, 16 January 2023 diff hist +3,092 N DistOS 2023W 2023-01-16Created page with "Video from the second half of class is available in Brightspace in the Zoom portal. ==Notes== <pre> Lecture 3 --------- Group reports - can be bullet points, but paragraphs are better - should be self-contained, should be readable by someone who hasn't done the readings - but you don't have to summarize the entire paper, just make the points you discussed clear Monday group reports are due Friday Wednesday group reports are due Monday (and responses are due..." current

13 January 2023

11 January 2023

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