Distributed Systems

Architecture of distributed systems.
Distributed operating systems, file systems and database systems.
Communication and protocols.
Coordination and synchronization.
Client-server and peer-to-peer.
Cloud technology.
Security/safety aspects.

Knowledge:
The candidate will get knowledge of:
- Principles and architectures.
- Realization of basic primitives.
- Distributed file systems and database systems.

Skills:
- Identify issues unique to distributed systems.
- Find and evaluate different solutions when designing distributed systems.

Lectures and exercises. If there is a re-sit examination, the examination form may change from written to oral.