Operating Systems: Concurrent and Distributed Software Design

Chapter 1. System design requirements

1.1 Inherently concurrent systems

1.2 Supporting potentially concurrent applications

1.3 Architectures for software systems

1.4 Defining a concurrent system

1.5 Systems implementation requirements

1.6 Security, protection and fault tolerance in system design

The aim of this book is to establish principles for understanding, designing and implementing software systems. System software runs indefinitely, typically supporting other running programs and users; the concept of concurrent activity is central. An operating system running on a single computer is an example of a system. A database management system, which runs above an operating system, is another. System structure, concurrency control and distribution ...