Distributed Systems and Modern OS Architectures

4.5 hours

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Session Overview

Comprehensive study of distributed operating systems, communication mechanisms, distributed file systems, and modern OS design including microkernel and exokernel architectures.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this session, you should be able to:

Master distributed system concepts: transparency, fault tolerance, scalability
Understand interprocess communication: message passing, remote procedure calls
Implement distributed file systems: NFS, DFS, and cloud storage systems
Analyze distributed synchronization and consensus algorithms
Compare monolithic kernel, microkernel, and exokernel architectures
Study modern OS designs: Linux, Windows, macOS, Android architecture

Course Materials

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Distributed Operating Systems Guide (80 pages)

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IPC Mechanisms and Network Communication

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Distributed File System Implementation

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Consensus Algorithms: Paxos and Raft

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Kernel Architecture Comparison Study

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Modern OS Case Studies: Linux, Windows, macOS

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Microkernel Design and Implementation

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Distributed System Programming Project

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