Distriduted operating System Concepts-Unit 3
Distributed operating system Overview: A distributed operating system is the logical aggregation of operating system software over a collection of independent, networked, communicating, and physically separate computational nodes. Individual nodes each hold a specific software subset of the global aggregate operating system. Each subset is a composite of two distinct service provisioners. The first is a ubiquitous minimal kernel, or microkernel, that directly controls that node’s hardware. Second is a higher-level collection of system management components that coordinate the node's individual and collaborative activities. These components abstract microkernel functions and support user applications. Description A distributed operating system (OS) is an operating system is a generalization of a traditional operating system. A distributed OS provides the essential services and functionality required of an OS, adding attributes and particular configurations to allow it to support add...