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  • 18:1818:18, 13 February 2023 diff hist +5,316 N DistOS 2023W 2023-02-13Created page with "==Notes== <pre> COMP 4000/5102 Midterm Review ----------------------------- Potential questions * What was the vision of the creators of UNIX at Bell Labs? How did later systems violate that vision, and how did later systems from Bell Labs try to return to it? * How has the abstraction of files changed in the context of early distributed operating systems? What is a "file" in different contexts? Why has it changed? * How has the abstraction of volatile memory cha..." current

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  • 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

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  • 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?"

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