B.E. (Computer Engineering) Eighth Semester (C.B.S.

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Distributed Systems & Grid Computing

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Time : Three Hours *1357* Max. Marks : 80
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Notes : 1. All questions carry marks as indicated.
2. Solve Question 1 OR Questions No. 2.
3. Solve Question 3 OR Questions No. 4.
4. Solve Question 5 OR Questions No. 6.
5. Solve Question 7 OR Questions No. 8.
6. Solve Question 9 OR Questions No. 10.
7. Solve Question 11 OR Questions No. 12.
8. Due credit will be given to neatness and adequate dimensions.
9. Assume suitable data whenever necessary.
10. Illustrate your answers whenever necessary with the help of neat sketches.
11. Use of non programmable calculator is permitted.

1. a) What are the goals of Distributed systems? Also explain advantages and disadvantages of 8
Distributed systems.

b) List and explain the limitations of Distributed systems. 6

OR

2. a) What do you mean by Distributed systems? List the different issues in Distributed 8
systems.

b) Draw and explain the Architecture of Distributed systems. 6

3. a) Explain Lamport's Logical clock Algorithm. What are the limitations of Lamport's 7
Algorithm.

b) Discuss Causal ordering of messages with example. 6

OR

4. a) How do we maintain the global state in Distributed environment. 6

b) What are the requirement of Mutual exclusion Algorithm. Explain in details. 5

c) Define:- 2
i) Events ii) Process

5. a) Draw and explain the distributed shared memory. 7

b) Describe the NFS in Distributed File systems. 6

OR

6. a) Explain RMI - CORBA services. 7

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 b) Draw and explain Architecture of CORBA. 6

7. a) Define Grid computing. Also explain its models. 7

b) Discuss Grid computing Architecture. 7

OR

8. a) Write short note on- 8

i) Desktop Grid ii) Clusters Grid

iii) HPC Grid iv) Data Grid

b) Explain the protocols of Grid computing. 6

9. What is message passing interface? Explain with an example. Also state and explain data 13
types that are supported by MPI.

OR

10. Write short note on- 13

i) Error Handling

ii) Platform Independence

iii) Point - to - point communication

iv) Contexts communications.

11. a) State and explain the characteristics of cloud computing. 7

b) Discuss about various benefits of cloud in cloud computing. 6

OR

12. a) Write short note on any two. 7

i) Public cloud ii) Private cloud

iii) Hybrid cloud iv) Community cloud

b) Discuss in brief the service models in cloud computing. 6

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