The Clouds Distributed Operating System

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Author

P. Dasgupta, R.J. LeBlanc, Jr., M. Ahamad, U. Ramachandran

Entry type

article

Abstract

A distributed operating system is a control program running on a set of computers that are interconnected by a network. This control program unifies the different computers into a single integrated compute and storage resource. Depending on the facilities it provides, a distributed operating system is classified as general purpose, real time, or embedded. The need for distributed operating systems stems from rapid changes in the hardware environment in many organizations. Hardware prices have fallen rapidly in the last decade, resulting in the proliferation of workstations, personal computers, data and compute servers, and networks. This proliferation has underlined the need for efficient and transparent management of these physically distributed resources. This article presents a paradigm for structuring distributed operating systems, the potential and implications this paradigm has for users, and research directions for the future.

Date

1991

URL

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=116849

Address

10662 Los Vaqueros Circle Los Alamitos, CA 90720

Institution

NASA, NSF

Journal

IEEE Computer Society

Key alpha

Dasgupta

Organization

IEEE

Pages

34-44

Publisher

IEEE

School

Georgia Institute of Technology

Affiliation

Georgia Institute of Technology

Publication Date

2001-01-01

Copyright

1991

Keywords

Dasgupta

Subject

Clouds Distributed Operating System

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The need for distributed operating systems stems from rapid changes in the hardware environment in many organizations.  Hardware prices have fallen rapidly in the last decade, resulting in the proliferation of workstations, personal computers, data and compute servers, and networks.  This proliferation has underlined the need for efficient and transparent management of these physically distributed resources.

This article presents a paradigm for structuring distributed operating systems, the potential and implications this paradigm has for users, and research directions for the future.",
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	copyright = "1991",
	keywords = "Dasgupta",
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