Practice Concept of Thrashing - 20.5 | 20. Belady's Anomaly | Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 3
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Question 1

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What is thrashing?

💡 Hint: Think about what happens during high page faults.

Question 2

Easy

What does Belady's anomaly describe?

💡 Hint: Consider how memory pages interact when frames increase.

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Question 1

What is thrashing?

💡 Hint: It occurs when memory management is inefficient.

Question 2

True or False: LRU can exhibit Belady's anomaly.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Think about how LRU manages pages compared to FIFO.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Examine the following access pattern: 3, 4, 2, 1, 5, 3, 2, 1. Determine the page faults with 2, 3, and 4 frames.

💡 Hint: Analyze the replacement priority based on the algorithm.

Question 2

Given a write-heavy application, suggest a memory management strategy to mitigate thrashing while ensuring data integrity.

💡 Hint: Think about how to balance between writing to disk and keeping active pages in RAM.

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