Practice Interaction with the Outside World (The Output Commit Problem) - 3.2.3 | Module 5: Consensus, Paxos and Recovery in Clouds | Distributed and Cloud Systems Micro Specialization
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3.2.3 - Interaction with the Outside World (The Output Commit Problem)

Learning

Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What is the Output Commit Problem?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about what happens when actions can't be reversed.

Question 2

Easy

What are in-transit messages?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider messages that are like letters in the mailbox.

Practice 4 more questions and get performance evaluation

Interactive Quizzes

Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.

Question 1

What is a significant risk of not logging outputs in distributed systems?

  • Users receive double confirmations
  • Data loss occurs
  • System overload happens

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the implications of repeated actions.

Question 2

True or False: Livelock occurs when processes are stuck and cannot proceed.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Differentiate between being stuck and failing to progress.

Solve 1 more question and get performance evaluation

Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Design a recovery protocol that incorporates logging of both outputs and inputs during transactions. Discuss its implications.

πŸ’‘ Hint: What key activities should your protocol include?

Question 2

Analyze a situation where a rollback might lead to livelock in a banking system transaction processing scenario.

πŸ’‘ Hint: What happens when transactions depend solely on each other?

Challenge and get performance evaluation