Practice - Scalability
Practice Questions
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Define clock skew.
💡 Hint: Focus on the term 'difference' when answering.
What is mutual exclusion?
💡 Hint: Think about how we prevent multiple processes from interfering with each other.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does clock skew measure?
💡 Hint: Think about what 'skew' means in terms of alignment.
True or False: The Chandy-Lamport algorithm requires system halting to capture a consistent global state.
💡 Hint: Consider how this algorithm's process differs from traditional methods.
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Challenge Problems
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Analyze the implications of network latency on clock synchronization in a cloud environment. How could this affect data consistency?
💡 Hint: Consider the chain of communication delays caused by latency.
Evaluate different mutual exclusion algorithms and propose one for a hypothetical cloud-based storage system. Justify your choice.
💡 Hint: Think about efficiency and resource usage in a cloud setting.
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