Practice - Server-Based Approaches
Practice Questions
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What is the primary function of a polling server?
💡 Hint: Think about how it utilizes its polling cycles.
How does a deferrable server improve upon a polling server?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens during idle periods.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does a polling server do during its period?
💡 Hint: Think about its duty during polling cycles.
True or False: Deferrable servers consume their entire budget immediately upon period start.
💡 Hint: Reflect on how they manage idle periods!
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Challenge Problems
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Consider a system with a buoyant aperiodic task arrival rate. How might a polling server struggle to maintain task responsiveness under such conditions? Discuss in terms of wasted budgets.
💡 Hint: Think about the timing of task arrivals relative to the polling schedule.
Analyze a real-time system using a deferrable server where many aperiodic tasks arrive sporadically and unpredictably within a fixed budget. What would happen to the overall system performance and why?
💡 Hint: Consider the relationship of aperiodic task arrivals and budget usage.
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