OPF:INFNADIS Distributed Systems - Course Information

INFNADIS Distributed Systems

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Petr Suchánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Petr Suchánek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Petr Suchánek, Ph.D.
Department of Informatics and Mathematics – School of Business Administration in Karvina

Prerequisites

None

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Managerial Informatics (programme OPF, N_SYSINF)

Course objectives

The course acquaints students with the basic concepts, design and architecture of distributed systems, its operation and management, distributed databases, distributed protocols and techniques typical for distributed computing. In the context of distributed computing the main topics are causality, exclusive access, deadlock solutions, outages protection, and security.

Syllabus

• 1. Definition and functions of distributed systems.
  2. Distributed technology for the WWW.
  3. Interprocess communication.
  4. Group communication.
  5. Synchronization in a distributed system.
  6. Topological tasks.
  7. Routing the message flow.
  8. Transaction processing.
  9. Distributed database systems.
  10. Identification of objects in a distributed system.
  11. Distributed shared memory.
  12. Remote booting processes.
  13. Resources management.
  

Literature

required literature
• COULOURIS, G., DOLLIMORE, J., KINDBERG, T., BLAIR, G. Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design (5th Edition). Boston: Addison Wesley, 2011. ISBN 978-0132143011. info
• TANENBAUM, A., STEEN, M. Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2006. ISBN 978-0132392273. info

recommended literature
• VARELA, C.,. AGHA, G. Programming Distributed Computing Systems: A Foundational Approach. London: The MIT Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0262018982. info
• JOSUTTIS, N.M. SOA in Practice: The Art of Distributed System Design (Theory in Practice). Sebastopol: O'Reilly Media, 2007. ISBN 978-0596529550. info
• BIRMAN, K. Reliable Distributed Systems: Technologies, Web Services, and Applications. New York: Springer, 2005. ISBN 978-0387215099. info
• ANDREWS G.A. Foundations of Multithreaded, Parallel, and Distributed Programming. Boston: Addison Wesley, 2000. ISBN 0-201-35752-6-2. info
• SIMON E. Distributed Information Systems (From client/server to Multimedia). McGraw Hill, 1996. ISBN 0-07-709076-4. info

Teaching methods

Skills demonstration
Seminar classes

Assessment methods

Grade

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

attendance in seminars 70 %, seminar paper, ongoing test, combined exam

Activity	Difficulty [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž	40
Přednáška	26
Seminář	13
Zkouška	40
Summary	119

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