This document discusses different types of data transfer modes between I/O devices and memory, including programmed I/O, interrupt-driven I/O, and direct memory access (DMA). It explains that DMA allows I/O devices to access memory directly without CPU intervention by using a DMA controller. The basic operations of DMA include the DMA controller gaining control of the system bus, transferring data directly between memory and I/O devices by updating address and count registers, and then relinquishing control back to the CPU. Different DMA transfer techniques like byte stealing, burst, and continuous modes are also covered.
Modes Of Transfer in Input/Output OrganizationMOHIT AGARWAL
This document discusses different modes of data transfer between I/O devices and memory in a computer system. It describes three main modes: programmed I/O, interrupt-initiated I/O, and direct memory access (DMA). Programmed I/O involves constant CPU monitoring during transfers. Interrupt-initiated I/O uses interrupts to notify the CPU when a transfer is ready. DMA allows I/O devices to access memory directly without CPU involvement for improved efficiency.
The document discusses operating systems and their key functions. It describes how an operating system acts as an intermediary between the user and computer hardware, managing resources like memory, processors, devices and information. It outlines important operating system functions such as memory management, processor management, device management, file management, security and job accounting. It also discusses different types of operating systems including batch, time-sharing, distributed and network operating systems.
The document discusses the memory hierarchy in computers. It explains that memory is organized in a hierarchy with different levels providing varying degrees of speed and capacity. The levels from fastest to slowest are: registers, cache, main memory, and auxiliary memory such as magnetic disks and tapes. Cache memory sits between the CPU and main memory to bridge the speed gap. It exploits locality of reference to improve memory access speed. The document provides details on the working of each memory level and how they interact with each other.
The document discusses three different I/O techniques:
1. Programmed I/O - The CPU controls the entire I/O process and must periodically check device status, wasting CPU time.
2. Interrupt-driven I/O - The CPU issues a command and is freed up while the device operates. The device then interrupts the CPU when ready.
3. Direct memory access (DMA) - Allows devices to communicate directly with memory without involving the CPU, using a DMA controller. This overcomes CPU waiting and avoids repeated status checks.
Memory management handles allocation of memory to processes and tracks used and free memory. It uses techniques like paging, segmentation, and dynamic allocation from a heap. Paging maps logical addresses to physical pages, avoiding external fragmentation. Segmentation divides memory into logical segments of varying sizes. Dynamic allocation fulfills requests from the heap, managing free blocks and avoiding fragmentation and memory leaks.
This document discusses different types of data transfer modes between I/O devices and memory, including programmed I/O, interrupt-driven I/O, and direct memory access (DMA). It explains that DMA allows I/O devices to access memory directly without CPU intervention by using a DMA controller. The basic operations of DMA include the DMA controller gaining control of the system bus, transferring data directly between memory and I/O devices by updating address and count registers, and then relinquishing control back to the CPU. Different DMA transfer techniques like byte stealing, burst, and continuous modes are also covered.
Modes Of Transfer in Input/Output OrganizationMOHIT AGARWAL
This document discusses different modes of data transfer between I/O devices and memory in a computer system. It describes three main modes: programmed I/O, interrupt-initiated I/O, and direct memory access (DMA). Programmed I/O involves constant CPU monitoring during transfers. Interrupt-initiated I/O uses interrupts to notify the CPU when a transfer is ready. DMA allows I/O devices to access memory directly without CPU involvement for improved efficiency.
The document discusses operating systems and their key functions. It describes how an operating system acts as an intermediary between the user and computer hardware, managing resources like memory, processors, devices and information. It outlines important operating system functions such as memory management, processor management, device management, file management, security and job accounting. It also discusses different types of operating systems including batch, time-sharing, distributed and network operating systems.
The document discusses the memory hierarchy in computers. It explains that memory is organized in a hierarchy with different levels providing varying degrees of speed and capacity. The levels from fastest to slowest are: registers, cache, main memory, and auxiliary memory such as magnetic disks and tapes. Cache memory sits between the CPU and main memory to bridge the speed gap. It exploits locality of reference to improve memory access speed. The document provides details on the working of each memory level and how they interact with each other.
The document discusses three different I/O techniques:
1. Programmed I/O - The CPU controls the entire I/O process and must periodically check device status, wasting CPU time.
2. Interrupt-driven I/O - The CPU issues a command and is freed up while the device operates. The device then interrupts the CPU when ready.
3. Direct memory access (DMA) - Allows devices to communicate directly with memory without involving the CPU, using a DMA controller. This overcomes CPU waiting and avoids repeated status checks.
Memory management handles allocation of memory to processes and tracks used and free memory. It uses techniques like paging, segmentation, and dynamic allocation from a heap. Paging maps logical addresses to physical pages, avoiding external fragmentation. Segmentation divides memory into logical segments of varying sizes. Dynamic allocation fulfills requests from the heap, managing free blocks and avoiding fragmentation and memory leaks.
The document discusses input-output organization between a CPU and peripherals. It notes that signal conversion and synchronization may be required due to differences in data rates and formats. Special interface hardware is used to supervise and synchronize input and output transfers. The document also discusses asynchronous and synchronous data transfer methods and the use of I/O buses versus memory buses for communication with peripherals.
Modes of transfer - Computer Organization & Architecture - Nithiyapriya Pasav...priya Nithya
The document discusses three modes of data transfer between the central processing unit (CPU) and input/output (I/O) devices: programmed I/O, interrupt-initiated I/O, and direct memory access (DMA). Programmed I/O requires the CPU to continuously monitor the I/O device for data readiness, slowing performance. Interrupt-initiated I/O allows the I/O device to generate interrupts when ready, pausing the CPU to service transfers. DMA bypasses the CPU by allowing direct memory access between I/O devices and memory, speeding large data transfers.
Direct Memory Access (DMA) allows certain hardware subsystems to access main system memory independently of the CPU. DMA controllers temporarily borrow the address, data, and control buses from the microprocessor to transfer data directly between an I/O port and memory locations. This allows fast transfer of data to and from devices while the CPU performs other tasks, improving overall system performance. DMA transfers can occur via block transfers where the DMA controller controls the bus for an extended period, or via cycle stealing where it uses the bus for one transfer then returns control to the CPU.
This document discusses file sharing and secondary storage management in operating systems. It covers several topics:
File sharing allows multiple users to access files, but access rights and simultaneous access must be managed. Access rights include permissions levels from none to deletion. Simultaneous access requires enforcing mutual exclusion to prevent conflicts.
Secondary storage management involves allocating blocks to files from available disk space. File allocation methods include contiguous, chained, and indexed allocation. Contiguous allocates all blocks at once while chained uses pointers between non-contiguous blocks. Indexed addresses problems with the other methods.
Free space is managed using techniques like bit tables to track used/free blocks, chained free portions, or a free block list maintained on disk
This document discusses Direct Memory Access (DMA). It defines DMA as allowing hardware subsystems like disk drives, graphics cards, and network cards to access system memory independently of the CPU. It describes the principles of DMA in offloading data transfers from the CPU. It also outlines the different DMA operation modes of single transfer, block transfer, and burst block transfer. Uses of DMA include providing high performance I/O and zero copy implementations, while limitations include unpredictable behavior if writing to flash without setting flags.
The document discusses direct memory access (DMA) and interrupts. It describes how DMA allows direct data transfer between memory and I/O devices without involving the CPU. This is handled by a DMA controller through a request-grant handshake using HOLD and HLDA pins. The document also categorizes different types of interrupts like hardware, software and exceptions. It explains how interrupts alter program flow and are serviced by interrupt service routines (ISRs) through an interrupt vector table.
Input output hardware of operating systemRohitYadav633
This document discusses input and output hardware and devices. It describes I/O devices as those that send information to computers for processing or reproduce processed results. The document categorizes I/O devices as block devices that communicate in entire blocks of data or character devices that communicate byte by byte. It also discusses device drivers, controllers, synchronous vs asynchronous communication, and techniques for communication like memory mapping, DMA, polling, and interrupts.
The document discusses direct memory access (DMA) and DMA controllers. It explains that DMA allows hardware subsystems like disk drives and graphics cards to access main memory independently of the CPU. This is useful because it allows data transfers to occur in parallel with other CPU operations, improving overall system performance. A DMA controller generates memory addresses and initiates read/write cycles. It has registers that specify the I/O port, transfer direction, and number of bytes to transfer per burst. DMA controllers use different transfer modes like burst, cycle stealing, and transparent to move blocks of data efficiently between peripheral devices and memory.
General register organization (computer organization)rishi ram khanal
This document discusses the organization of a CPU and its registers. It includes tables that encode the register selection fields and ALU operations. It also provides examples of micro-operations for the CPU, showing the register selections, ALU operations, and control words. Key registers discussed include the accumulator, instruction register, address register, and program counter.
Direct Memory Access (DMA) allows for the direct transfer of data between memory and I/O devices without intervention from the CPU. A DMA controller handles the transfer, freeing up the CPU to perform other tasks. The DMA controller connects the I/O device, memory, and system buses, initiating transfers when instructed by the CPU and notifying the CPU upon completion through interrupts. This improves system performance by bypassing the CPU for large data transfers between memory and I/O.
The system bus is a pathway composed of cables and connectors used to carry data between a computer microprocessor and the main memory. The bus provides a communication path for the data and control signals moving between the major components of the computer system
This document summarizes key characteristics of internal memory, including location, capacity, unit of transfer, access methods, performance, physical type, organization, and hierarchy. It discusses the following memory types: registers, cache, main memory, external memory, backing store. Specific topics covered include memory access times, cycle times, transfer rates, physical implementations (semiconductor, magnetic, optical), organization, error correction, cache design principles, mapping functions, and write policies. Newer RAM technologies like SDRAM that improve performance are also overviewed.
The document discusses processor organization and architecture. It covers the Von Neumann model, which stores both program instructions and data in the same memory. The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) computer is described as the first stored-program computer, designed by John von Neumann to overcome limitations of previous computers like the ENIAC. The document also covers the Harvard architecture, instruction formats, register organization including general purpose, address, and status registers, and issues in instruction format design like instruction length and allocation of bits.
Operating System
Topic Memory Management
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Memory management is the functionality of an operating system which handles or manages primary memory. Memory management keeps track of each and every memory location either it is allocated to some process or it is free. It checks how much memory is to be allocated to processes. It decides which process will get memory at what time. It tracks whenever some memory gets freed or unallocated and correspondingly it updates the status.
Cache memory is a small, fast memory located between the CPU and main memory that temporarily stores frequently accessed data. It improves performance by providing faster access for the CPU compared to accessing main memory. There are different types of cache memory organization including direct mapping, set associative mapping, and fully associative mapping. Direct mapping maps each block of main memory to only one location in cache while set associative mapping divides the cache into sets with multiple lines per set allowing a block to map to any line within a set.
This document provides an overview of the evolution of computers from the abacus to modern day computers. It discusses early calculating devices like the abacus, Pascal's adding machine, and Babbage's analytical engine. It then covers the development of programmable, electronic computers starting with ENIAC in the 1940s. The document also describes different generations of computers based on the underlying technology and classifications of computers based on size, speed, and purpose. Finally, it discusses the basic components of a computer system including input, output, memory, arithmetic logic unit, and control unit.
The document discusses bus interconnection in computers. It describes how a bus is a shared communication pathway that connects major components like the CPU, memory and I/O devices. The key parts of a bus are the data lines that transfer information, address lines that specify locations, and control lines that manage access and transfers. Buses can be designed in different ways like dedicated vs multiplexed and vary in aspects such as width, timing, and arbitration method. Common transfer types on a bus include reads, writes, and block transfers.
I/o management and disk scheduling .pptxwebip34973
This document provides an overview of I/O management and disk scheduling in operating systems. It begins with an introduction to different categories of I/O devices and how they vary. It then covers techniques for performing I/O like programmed I/O, interrupt-driven I/O, and direct memory access. The document discusses the evolution of the I/O function and a hierarchical model for organizing I/O. It also outlines concepts like I/O buffering, disk scheduling parameters, RAID levels, and disk caching.
Ch 7 io_management & disk schedulingmadhuributani
This document discusses input/output (I/O) management and disk scheduling. It begins by categorizing I/O devices as those for communicating with users, electronic equipment, and remote devices. It then describes how I/O devices differ in data rates, applications, control complexity, data transfer units, data representation, and error handling. The document outlines three I/O techniques - programmed I/O, interrupt-driven I/O, and direct memory access (DMA). It also discusses the evolution of I/O architectures and covers I/O buffering, disk organization, and disk terminology.
The document discusses input-output organization between a CPU and peripherals. It notes that signal conversion and synchronization may be required due to differences in data rates and formats. Special interface hardware is used to supervise and synchronize input and output transfers. The document also discusses asynchronous and synchronous data transfer methods and the use of I/O buses versus memory buses for communication with peripherals.
Modes of transfer - Computer Organization & Architecture - Nithiyapriya Pasav...priya Nithya
The document discusses three modes of data transfer between the central processing unit (CPU) and input/output (I/O) devices: programmed I/O, interrupt-initiated I/O, and direct memory access (DMA). Programmed I/O requires the CPU to continuously monitor the I/O device for data readiness, slowing performance. Interrupt-initiated I/O allows the I/O device to generate interrupts when ready, pausing the CPU to service transfers. DMA bypasses the CPU by allowing direct memory access between I/O devices and memory, speeding large data transfers.
Direct Memory Access (DMA) allows certain hardware subsystems to access main system memory independently of the CPU. DMA controllers temporarily borrow the address, data, and control buses from the microprocessor to transfer data directly between an I/O port and memory locations. This allows fast transfer of data to and from devices while the CPU performs other tasks, improving overall system performance. DMA transfers can occur via block transfers where the DMA controller controls the bus for an extended period, or via cycle stealing where it uses the bus for one transfer then returns control to the CPU.
This document discusses file sharing and secondary storage management in operating systems. It covers several topics:
File sharing allows multiple users to access files, but access rights and simultaneous access must be managed. Access rights include permissions levels from none to deletion. Simultaneous access requires enforcing mutual exclusion to prevent conflicts.
Secondary storage management involves allocating blocks to files from available disk space. File allocation methods include contiguous, chained, and indexed allocation. Contiguous allocates all blocks at once while chained uses pointers between non-contiguous blocks. Indexed addresses problems with the other methods.
Free space is managed using techniques like bit tables to track used/free blocks, chained free portions, or a free block list maintained on disk
This document discusses Direct Memory Access (DMA). It defines DMA as allowing hardware subsystems like disk drives, graphics cards, and network cards to access system memory independently of the CPU. It describes the principles of DMA in offloading data transfers from the CPU. It also outlines the different DMA operation modes of single transfer, block transfer, and burst block transfer. Uses of DMA include providing high performance I/O and zero copy implementations, while limitations include unpredictable behavior if writing to flash without setting flags.
The document discusses direct memory access (DMA) and interrupts. It describes how DMA allows direct data transfer between memory and I/O devices without involving the CPU. This is handled by a DMA controller through a request-grant handshake using HOLD and HLDA pins. The document also categorizes different types of interrupts like hardware, software and exceptions. It explains how interrupts alter program flow and are serviced by interrupt service routines (ISRs) through an interrupt vector table.
Input output hardware of operating systemRohitYadav633
This document discusses input and output hardware and devices. It describes I/O devices as those that send information to computers for processing or reproduce processed results. The document categorizes I/O devices as block devices that communicate in entire blocks of data or character devices that communicate byte by byte. It also discusses device drivers, controllers, synchronous vs asynchronous communication, and techniques for communication like memory mapping, DMA, polling, and interrupts.
The document discusses direct memory access (DMA) and DMA controllers. It explains that DMA allows hardware subsystems like disk drives and graphics cards to access main memory independently of the CPU. This is useful because it allows data transfers to occur in parallel with other CPU operations, improving overall system performance. A DMA controller generates memory addresses and initiates read/write cycles. It has registers that specify the I/O port, transfer direction, and number of bytes to transfer per burst. DMA controllers use different transfer modes like burst, cycle stealing, and transparent to move blocks of data efficiently between peripheral devices and memory.
General register organization (computer organization)rishi ram khanal
This document discusses the organization of a CPU and its registers. It includes tables that encode the register selection fields and ALU operations. It also provides examples of micro-operations for the CPU, showing the register selections, ALU operations, and control words. Key registers discussed include the accumulator, instruction register, address register, and program counter.
Direct Memory Access (DMA) allows for the direct transfer of data between memory and I/O devices without intervention from the CPU. A DMA controller handles the transfer, freeing up the CPU to perform other tasks. The DMA controller connects the I/O device, memory, and system buses, initiating transfers when instructed by the CPU and notifying the CPU upon completion through interrupts. This improves system performance by bypassing the CPU for large data transfers between memory and I/O.
The system bus is a pathway composed of cables and connectors used to carry data between a computer microprocessor and the main memory. The bus provides a communication path for the data and control signals moving between the major components of the computer system
This document summarizes key characteristics of internal memory, including location, capacity, unit of transfer, access methods, performance, physical type, organization, and hierarchy. It discusses the following memory types: registers, cache, main memory, external memory, backing store. Specific topics covered include memory access times, cycle times, transfer rates, physical implementations (semiconductor, magnetic, optical), organization, error correction, cache design principles, mapping functions, and write policies. Newer RAM technologies like SDRAM that improve performance are also overviewed.
The document discusses processor organization and architecture. It covers the Von Neumann model, which stores both program instructions and data in the same memory. The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) computer is described as the first stored-program computer, designed by John von Neumann to overcome limitations of previous computers like the ENIAC. The document also covers the Harvard architecture, instruction formats, register organization including general purpose, address, and status registers, and issues in instruction format design like instruction length and allocation of bits.
Operating System
Topic Memory Management
for Btech/Bsc (C.S)/BCA...
Memory management is the functionality of an operating system which handles or manages primary memory. Memory management keeps track of each and every memory location either it is allocated to some process or it is free. It checks how much memory is to be allocated to processes. It decides which process will get memory at what time. It tracks whenever some memory gets freed or unallocated and correspondingly it updates the status.
Cache memory is a small, fast memory located between the CPU and main memory that temporarily stores frequently accessed data. It improves performance by providing faster access for the CPU compared to accessing main memory. There are different types of cache memory organization including direct mapping, set associative mapping, and fully associative mapping. Direct mapping maps each block of main memory to only one location in cache while set associative mapping divides the cache into sets with multiple lines per set allowing a block to map to any line within a set.
This document provides an overview of the evolution of computers from the abacus to modern day computers. It discusses early calculating devices like the abacus, Pascal's adding machine, and Babbage's analytical engine. It then covers the development of programmable, electronic computers starting with ENIAC in the 1940s. The document also describes different generations of computers based on the underlying technology and classifications of computers based on size, speed, and purpose. Finally, it discusses the basic components of a computer system including input, output, memory, arithmetic logic unit, and control unit.
The document discusses bus interconnection in computers. It describes how a bus is a shared communication pathway that connects major components like the CPU, memory and I/O devices. The key parts of a bus are the data lines that transfer information, address lines that specify locations, and control lines that manage access and transfers. Buses can be designed in different ways like dedicated vs multiplexed and vary in aspects such as width, timing, and arbitration method. Common transfer types on a bus include reads, writes, and block transfers.
I/o management and disk scheduling .pptxwebip34973
This document provides an overview of I/O management and disk scheduling in operating systems. It begins with an introduction to different categories of I/O devices and how they vary. It then covers techniques for performing I/O like programmed I/O, interrupt-driven I/O, and direct memory access. The document discusses the evolution of the I/O function and a hierarchical model for organizing I/O. It also outlines concepts like I/O buffering, disk scheduling parameters, RAID levels, and disk caching.
Ch 7 io_management & disk schedulingmadhuributani
This document discusses input/output (I/O) management and disk scheduling. It begins by categorizing I/O devices as those for communicating with users, electronic equipment, and remote devices. It then describes how I/O devices differ in data rates, applications, control complexity, data transfer units, data representation, and error handling. The document outlines three I/O techniques - programmed I/O, interrupt-driven I/O, and direct memory access (DMA). It also discusses the evolution of I/O architectures and covers I/O buffering, disk organization, and disk terminology.
This document discusses I/O management and disk scheduling. It begins by categorizing I/O devices as human readable, machine readable, or for communication. It then covers the evolution of I/O functions from programmed I/O to direct memory access. I/O buffering techniques like single, double, and circular buffers are introduced to deal with device speed and size mismatches. Finally, common disk scheduling policies like FIFO, SSTF, and SCAN are outlined and compared using an example request queue.
The document discusses various aspects of computer system structures. It describes that a modern computer system consists of a CPU, memory, and device controllers connected through a system bus. I/O devices and the CPU can operate concurrently, with each device controller managing a specific device type. Interrupts are used to signal when I/O operations are complete. Memory is organized in a hierarchy from fastest and smallest registers to slower but larger magnetic disks. Various techniques like caching, paging and virtual memory help bridge differences in speed between CPU and I/O devices. The document also discusses hardware protection mechanisms like dual mode operation, memory protection using base and limit registers, and CPU protection using timers.
The document provides an overview of I/O systems. It discusses peripheral devices and their I/O management through various techniques like direct memory access, polling, interrupts and buffering. It also covers topics like clocks and timers, caching, spooling, error handling, power management, kernel data structures and improving I/O performance through techniques such as reducing interrupts and using direct memory access. The document contains information presented through multiple sections on different I/O related concepts and components.
This document discusses different techniques for data transfer between the CPU and I/O devices, including programmed I/O, interrupt-driven I/O, and direct memory access (DMA). It describes the basic functioning of an I/O module, comparing programmed I/O to interrupt-driven I/O. It then provides details on DMA, including how it allows high-speed transfer of data directly between memory and I/O devices without CPU involvement. The document also covers I/O interfaces, asynchronous data transfer methods like handshaking, and serial transmission techniques.
This document provides an introduction to operating systems. It defines an operating system as a program that acts as an intermediary between the user and computer hardware. The key components of a computer system are described as hardware, operating system, application programs, and users. Operating systems manage resources, control programs, and provide common services like memory management, process management, and I/O management. Various computing environments are explored, including traditional systems, mobile systems, distributed systems, client-server models, and virtualization.
This document provides an overview of operating systems and computer system organization. It describes the basic components of a computer system including hardware, operating system, application programs, and users. It then discusses operating system functions like process management, memory management, storage management, and protection/security. It provides details on computer system architecture including multiprocessor systems and clustered systems. It also covers operating system structure for multiprogramming and timesharing systems.
The document provides an overview of operating system concepts, including:
- An operating system manages computer hardware and acts as an intermediary between users and the computer. It aims to execute programs, make the system convenient to use, and efficiently use hardware resources.
- A computer system consists of hardware, an operating system, application programs, and users. The operating system controls resource allocation and coordinates hardware, applications, and users.
- Operating systems provide services like file management, communication, error detection, resource allocation, accounting, and protection/security. System calls are the programming interface for these services.
This document discusses principles of computer input/output (I/O) hardware and software. It covers topics like I/O devices, device controllers, buses, I/O techniques (programmed I/O, interrupt-driven I/O, and direct memory access), device drivers, layers of I/O software, file systems, and storage devices like disks. The document provides details on how operating systems manage and interface with various I/O components to facilitate data transfer and storage.
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WHAT ARE THE SECURITY VIOLATION CATEGORIES?
1. Breach of confidentiality: unauthorized reading of data.
2. Breach of integrity: unauthorized modification of data.
3. Breach of availability: unauthorized destruction of data.
4. Theft of service: unauthorized use of resources.
5. Denial of Service(DOS): Prevention of legitimate use.
WHAT ARE THE SECURITY VIOLATION METHODS?
1. Masquerading (authentication breach): pretending to be an authorized user.
2. Replay Attack: Replaying the same message or adding a modification to it.
3. Man-in-the-middle attack: intruder sits in data flow, masquerading as sender to receiver and vice versa.
4. Session hijacking: intercepting a session which is already on going to by-pass authentication.
5. Privilege escalation: A really Common attack, access of resources that a user is not supposed to have.
WHAT ARE THE OTHER VARIATIONS OF HYPERVISORS?
1. Paravirtualization: guest OS is modified to work with VMM.
2. Programming-environment virtualization: VMMS do not virtualize hardware which creates optimized virtual system (Used by Oracle Java and Microsoft.Net).
3. Emulators: Allows applications written for one hardware to run on different hardware environments.
4. Application Containment: Not virtualization but, provides features like it by segregating application making them more secure and manageable.
Oracle Solaris Zones, BSD Jails, IBM AIX WPARs.
• Much variation is due to breadth, depth, and importance of virtualization.
WHAT ARE THE STEPS OF LIVE MIGRATION?
1. VMM start connection with the target VMM.
2. Target created a new guest (by creating a new VCPU).
3. VMM sends read-only files to target VMM.
4. VMM sends read-write files to target VMM.
5. Repeat 4 unit done as not all read-write data can be sent (could be a dirty read).
6. If step 4 and 5 becomes very short then, VMM freezes guest, send remaining stuff.
7. Target starts running the freezed guest.
WHAT ARE THE REASONS FOR DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS?
1. Resource sharing
Sharing files, information, printing.
Using remote GPUs.
2. Computation speedup
dsitribute processing needed to multicomputers.
Load balancing: moving jobs to more lightly-laoded sites.
3. Reliability: detect and recover failurs.
WHAT ARE THE WIDELY USED ARCHITECTURES?
1. Client-server model.
2. Cluster-based model.
WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES?
1. Naming and transparency.
2. Remote file access.
3. Caching and caching consistency.
WHAT WAS GFS WAS INFLUNECNED BY?
1. Hardware failure should be expected routinely.
2. Most files are changed by appending new data (rather than overwriting existing data).
3. Modularized software layer MapReduce sit on top of GFS to carry out large-scale parallel computations.
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF DISK CACHES?
1. Reliable
2. Cached data kept on disk do not need to be fetched again while recovery.
ADVANTAGES OF MAIN MEMORY CACHES?
1. Can make workstations diskless.
2. Quicker data access.
3. Performance speed up in bigger memories.
4. Server c
This document discusses different input/output techniques for computer systems. It describes three main I/O techniques: programmed I/O, interrupt-driven I/O, and direct memory access. Programmed I/O involves the CPU waiting for I/O operations to complete, interrupt-driven I/O uses interrupts to notify the CPU when an operation is done, and DMA allows data transfers without CPU involvement. The document also outlines functions of I/O modules, which connect I/O devices to system buses, and different addressing and mapping schemes for I/O devices.
The document discusses various aspects of I/O systems and mass storage devices. It describes how operating systems manage I/O devices through device drivers and controllers. It covers different types of I/O devices like block and character devices. It also discusses I/O techniques like memory mapped I/O, interrupts, DMA, polling vs interrupts. The document provides an overview of mass storage structure including magnetic disks, storage arrays, and RAID levels. It covers topics like swap space management, Windows architecture and process states in Windows.
This document discusses computer system architecture and operating system structures. It covers single and multiprocessor systems, including symmetric and asymmetric multiprocessing. It also discusses clustered systems, operating system operations like interrupts and dual mode, and system calls. Finally, it discusses user interfaces like command line and graphical user interfaces, and simple operating system structures.
This document discusses computer architecture and organization. It defines computer architecture as the attributes visible to the programmer and computer organization as the operational units and their interconnections. It then classifies computers based on size, cost, computational power, and application. The basic functional units of a computer are described as the input, output, memory, arithmetic logic unit, and control unit. Common computer components like the CPU, registers, and buses are also explained.
Introduction, Central Processing Unit (CPU) Memory, Communication between Various Units of a Computer System, The Instruction Format, Instruction Set, Processor Speed, Multiprocessor Systems.
This document discusses input/output (I/O) organization in computers. It covers several topics:
- I/O devices can connect to the CPU via a single shared bus using memory-mapped I/O. This allows direct reading/writing of device registers via memory addresses.
- Interrupts allow I/O devices to signal the CPU when an event occurs, so it can pause its current task and service the device. Interrupt handling involves disabling interrupts, servicing the device, then re-enabling interrupts.
- Direct memory access (DMA) allows high-speed transfer of large blocks of data directly between I/O devices and memory without CPU involvement, improving performance over interrupt-driven
The document discusses input/output (I/O) devices and their classification, data transfer rates, applications, complexity of control, units of data transfer, and error handling. It describes different I/O techniques including programmed I/O, interrupt-driven I/O, and direct memory access. It also covers I/O buffering approaches like single buffering, double buffering, and circular buffering which help smooth data transfer between devices and processes. Logical I/O structures in operating systems separate functions by complexity into logical, device, and scheduling/control layers.
Sources of Funds, Venture Capital System, Designing a Funding Strategy, What investors look in a pitch funding, Current funding options available in GLobal Market
Core Concept of Marketing, Nature and Scope of Marketing, Importance, Selling Vs Marketing, Marketing Concepts, Segmentation, Basis of Segmentation, Targeting, Strategies of Targeting, Positioning, Strategieis of Positioning, Consumer Markets and Buying Behaviour, Consumer Behaviour, Buying Decision Behaviour
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Unit v: Device Management
1. Unit – V
Device Management
Device Management: Techniques for Device Management, Dedicated
Devices, Shared Devices, Virtual Devices; Input or Output Devices,
Storage Devices, Buffering, Secondary-Storage. Structure: Disk
Structure, Disk Scheduling, Disk Management, Swap-Space
Management, Disk Reliability.
2. Introduction
• The operating system has an important role I managing the I/O
operations.
• Keeping track of the status of all devices, which requires special
mechanisms. One commonly used mechanism is to have a
database such as a Unit Control Block (UCB) associated with each
device.
• Deciding on policy to determine who gets a device, for how long,
and when. A wide range of techniques is available for
implementing theses polices. There are three basic techniques for
implementing the policies of device management.
3. Introduction
• Allocation:- Physical assigning a device to process. Likewise the
corresponding control unit and channel must be assigned.
• De allocation policy and techniques. De allocation may be done on
either process or a job. On a job level, a device is assigned for as
long as the job exists in the system. On a process level, a device
may be assigned for as long as the process needs it.
• The module that keeps track of the status of device is called the
I/O traffic controller.
4. Introduction
• I/O devices can be roughly grouped under three categories.
• Human readable: Those devices that establish communication between
computer and user. For example: Keyboard, mouse, printer etc.
• Machine readable: those devices that are suitable for communication with
electronic equipment. For example: disk, sensors, controllers etc.
• Communication: Those devices that are suitable for communication with
remote devices. For example: Modems, routers, switches, etc.
5. The main functions of device management in the
operating system
• Keep tracks of all devices and the program which is responsible to
perform this is called I/O controller.
• Monitoring the status of each device such as storage drivers, printers and
other peripheral devices.
• Enforcing preset policies and taking a decision which process gets the
device when and for how long.
• Allocates and Deallocates the device in an efficient way. De-allocating
them at two levels: at the process level when I/O command has been
executed and the device is temporarily released, and at the job level,
when the job is finished and the device is permanently released.
• Optimizes the performance of individual devices.
6. Techniques for Device Management
• Three major techniques are used to managing and allocating
devices.
• Dedicated Devices
• Shared Devices
• Virtual devices
7. Dedicated Devices
• A dedicated device is allocated to a job for the job’s entire duration.
• Unfortunately, dedicated assignment may be inefficient if the job does
not fully and continually utilize the device.
• The other techniques, shared and virtual, are usually preferred
whenever they are applicable.
• Devices like printers, tape drivers, plotters etc. demand such allocation
scheme since it would be awkward if several users share them at the
same point of time.
• The disadvantages of such kind of devices is the inefficiency resulting
from the allocation of the device to a single user for the entire duration
of job execution even though the device is not put to use 100% of the
time.
8.
9. Shared Devices
• Some devices such as disks, drums, and most other Direct Access
Storage Devices (DASD) may be shared concurrently by several
processes.
• Several processes can read from a single disk at essentially at the
same time.
• The management of a shared device can become quite
complicated, particularly if utmost efficiency is desired. For
example, if two processes simultaneously request a read from Disk
A, some mechanism must be employed to determine which
request should be handled first.
10.
11. Virtual Devices
• Some devices that would normally have to be dedicated may be
converted into shared devices through techniques such as SPOOLING.
(Simultaneous Peripheral Operation Online).
• Spooling refers to a process of transferring data by placing it in a
temporary working area where another program may access it for
processing at a later point in time.
• For example, a spooling program can read and copy all card input onto a
disk at high speed. Later, when. A process tries to read a card, the
spooling program intercepts the request and converts it to read from the
Disk.
• Since a disk may be easily shared by several users, we have converted a
dedicated device, changing one Card reader into many “virtual” card
readers. This technique is equally applicable to a large number of
Peripheral devices, such as printers and most dedicated slow
input/output devices.
12.
13. Ways to access a device in device
management in operating system
• Polling:-
In this, a CPU continuously checks the device status for exchanging data.
The plus point is that it is simple and the negative point is – Busy-waiting.
Interrupt-driven I/O:-
A device controller notifies the corresponding device driver about the
availability of the device. The advantages can be a more efficient use of
CPU cycles and the drawbacks can be data copying and movements and
slow for character devices-one interrupt per keyboard input.
14. Ways to access a device in device
management in operating system
• Direct memory access (DMA):-To perform data movements
additional controller bought into use. The benefit of such a
method is that CPU is not involved in copying data but a con is
that a process cannot access in-transit data.
• Double buffering: This methodology access advice makes use of
two buffers so that while one is being used, the other is being
filled. Such a way is quite popular in graphics and animation so
that the viewer does not see the line-by-line scanning.
15. INPUT OUTPUT DEVICES
• An I/O system is required to take an application I/O request and send it
to the physical device, then take whatever response comes back from
the device and send it to the application. I/O devices can be divided
into two categories −
• Block devices − A block device is one with which the driver
communicates by sending entire blocks of data. For example, Hard disks,
USB cameras, Disk-On-Key etc.
• Character devices − A character device is one with which the driver
communicates by sending and receiving single characters (bytes, octets).
For example, serial ports, parallel ports, sounds cards etc
16. Device Controllers
• Device drivers are software modules that can be plugged into an
OS to handle a particular device. Operating System takes help
from device drivers to handle all I/O devices.
• The Device Controller works like an interface between a device
and a device driver. I/O units (Keyboard, mouse, printer, etc.)
typically consist of a mechanical component and an electronic
component where electronic component is called the device
controller.
18. Synchronous vs asynchronous I/O
• Synchronous I/O − In this scheme CPU execution waits while I/O
proceeds
• Asynchronous I/O − I/O proceeds concurrently with CPU execution
19. Communication to I/O Devices
• The CPU must have a way to pass information to and from an I/O
device. There are three approaches available to communicate
with the CPU and Device.
• Special Instruction I/O
• Memory-mapped I/O
• Direct memory access (DMA)
20. • Special Instruction I/O
This uses CPU instructions that are specifically made for controlling I/O
devices. These instructions typically allow data to be sent to an I/O device
or read from an I/O device.
• Memory-mapped I/O
When using memory-mapped I/O, the same address space is shared by
memory and I/O devices. The device is connected directly to certain main
memory locations so that I/O device can transfer block of data to/from
memory without going through CPU.
Communication to I/O Devices
21. Communication to I/O Devices
• While using memory mapped IO, OS allocates buffer in
memory and informs I/O device to use that buffer to
send data to the CPU. I/O device operates
asynchronously with CPU, interrupts CPU when finished.
• The advantage to this method is that every instruction
which can access memory can be used to manipulate an
I/O device. Memory mapped IO is used for most high-
speed I/O devices like disks, communication interfaces.
22. Direct Memory Access (DMA)
• Slow devices like keyboards will generate an interrupt to the main
CPU after each byte is transferred. If a fast device such as a disk
generated an interrupt for each byte, the operating system would
spend most of its time handling these interrupts. So a typical
computer uses direct memory access (DMA) hardware to reduce
this overhead.
• Direct Memory Access (DMA) means CPU grants I/O module
authority to read from or write to memory without involvement.
DMA module itself controls exchange of data between main
memory and the I/O device. CPU is only involved at the beginning
and end of the transfer and interrupted only after entire block has
been transferred.
24. The operating system uses the DMA hardware
as follows
Step Description
1 Device driver is instructed to transfer disk data to a buffer address X.
2 Device driver then instruct disk controller to transfer data to buffer.
3 Disk controller starts DMA transfer.
4 Disk controller sends each byte to DMA controller.
5 DMA controller transfers bytes to buffer, increases the memory address, decreases
the counter C until C becomes zero.
6 When C becomes zero, DMA interrupts CPU to signal transfer completion.
25. Polling I/O
• Polling is the simplest way for an I/O device to communicate with
the processor. The process of periodically checking status of the
device to see if it is time for the next I/O operation, is called
polling. The I/O device simply puts the information in a Status
register, and the processor must come and get the information.
• Most of the time, devices will not require attention and when one
does it will have to wait until it is next interrogated by the polling
program. This is an inefficient method and much of the processors
time is wasted on unnecessary polls.
26. Interrupts I/O
• An alternative scheme for dealing with I/O is the interrupt-driven
method. An interrupt is a signal to the microprocessor from a
device that requires attention.
• A device controller puts an interrupt signal on the bus when it
needs CPU’s attention when CPU receives an interrupt, It saves its
current state and invokes the appropriate interrupt handler using
the interrupt vector (addresses of OS routines to handle various
events). When the interrupting device has been dealt with, the
CPU continues with its original task as if it had never been
interrupted.
27. Secondary Storage
• Secondary storage devices are those devices whose memory is non volatile,
meaning, the stored data will be intact even if the system is turned off. Here
are a few things worth noting about secondary storage.
• Secondary storage is also called auxiliary storage.
• Secondary storage is less expensive when compared to primary memory like
RAMs.
• The speed of the secondary storage is also lesser than that of primary storage.
• Hence, the data which is less frequently accessed is kept in the secondary
storage.
• A few examples are magnetic disks, magnetic tapes, removable thumb drives
etc.
28. Magnetic Disk Structure
• In modern computers, most of the secondary storage is in the form
of magnetic disks. Hence, knowing the structure of a magnetic
disk is necessary to understand how the data in the disk is
accessed by the computer.
29. Magnetic Disk Structure
• A magnetic disk contains several platters. Each platter is divided into circular
shaped tracks. The length of the tracks near the centre is less than the length of
the tracks farther from the centre. Each track is further divided into sectors, as
shown in the figure.
• Tracks of the same distance from centre form a cylinder. A read-write head is used
to read data from a sector of the magnetic disk.
• The speed of the disk is measured as two parts:
• Transfer rate: This is the rate at which the data moves from disk to the computer.
• Random access time: It is the sum of the seek time and rotational latency.
30. Magnetic Disk Structure
• Seek time is the time taken by the arm to move to the required
track. Rotational latency is defined as the time taken by the arm
to reach the required sector in the track.
• Even though the disk is arranged as sectors and tracks physically,
the data is logically arranged and addressed as an array of blocks
of fixed size. The size of a block can be 512 or 1024 bytes. Each
logical block is mapped with a sector on the disk, sequentially. In
this way, each sector in the disk will have a logical address.
31.
32. Disk Scheduling Algorithms
• First Come First Serve
• This algorithm performs requests in the same order asked by the system.
Let's take an example where the queue has the following requests with
cylinder numbers as follows:
• 98, 183, 37, 122, 14, 124, 65, 67
• Assume the head is initially at cylinder 56. The head moves in the given
order in the queue i.e., 56→98→183→...→67.
34. Shortest Seek Time First (SSTF)
• Here the position which is closest to the current head position is
chosen first. Consider the previous example where disk queue
looks like,
• 98, 183, 37, 122, 14, 124, 65, 67
• Assume the head is initially at cylinder 56. The next closest
cylinder to 56 is 65, and then the next nearest one is 67, then 37,
14, so on.
36. SCAN algorithm
• This algorithm is also called the elevator algorithm because of it's
behavior. Here, first the head moves in a direction (say backward) and
covers all the requests in the path. Then it moves in the opposite
direction and covers the remaining requests in the path. This behavior is
similar to that of an elevator. Let's take the previous example,
• 98, 183, 37, 122, 14, 124, 65, 67
• Assume the head is initially at cylinder 56. The head moves in backward
direction and accesses 37 and 14. Then it goes in the opposite direction
and accesses the cylinders as they come in the path.
38. Disk Management
• Low-level formatting, or physical formatting — Dividing a disk into
sectors that the disk controller can read and write.
• To use a disk to hold files, the operating system still needs to
record its own data structures on the disk
• Partition the disk into one or more groups of cylinders
• Logical formatting or “making a file system”
• Boot block initializes system
• The bootstrap is stored in ROM
• Bootstrap loader program z Methods such as sector sparing used to handle
bad blocks
39. Disk Formatting
• A new magnetic disk is a blank slate. It is just platters of a
magnetic recording material. Before a disk can store data, it must
be divided into sectors that the disk controller can read and write.
This process is called low-level formatting (or physical
formatting).
• Low-level formatting fills the disk with a special data structure for
each sector. The data structure for a sector consists of a header, a
data area, and a trailer. The header and trailer contain
information used by the disk controller, such as a sector number
and an error-correcting code (ECC).
40. Disk Formatting
• To use a disk to hold files, the operating system still needs to
record its own data structures on the disk. It does so in two steps.
• The first step is to partition the disk into one or more groups of
cylinders. The operating system can treat each partition as though
it were a separate disk.
• For instance, one partition can hold a copy of the operating
system’s executable code, while another holds user files. After
partitioning, the second step is logical formatting (or creation of a
file system). In this step, the operating system stores the initial
file-system data structures onto the disk.
41. Boot Block
• When a computer is powered up or rebooted, it needs to have an
initial program to run. This initial program is called the bootstrap
program. It initializes all aspects of the system (i.e. from CPU
registers to device controllers and the contents of main memory)
and then starts the operating system.
• To do its job, the bootstrap program finds the operating system
kernel on disk, loads that kernel into memory, and jumps to an
initial address to begin the operating-system execution.
42. Boot Block
• For most computers, the bootstrap is stored in read-only memory
(ROM). This location is convenient because ROM needs no
initialization and is at a fixed location that the processor can start
executing when powered up or reset. And since ROM is read-only,
it cannot be infected by a computer virus. The problem is that
changing this bootstrap code requires changing the ROM hardware
chips.
• For this reason, most systems store a tiny bootstrap loader
program in the boot ROM, whose only job is to bring in a full
bootstrap program from disk. The full bootstrap program can be
changed easily: A new version is simply written onto the disk. The
full bootstrap program is stored in a partition (at a fixed location
on the disk) is called the boot blocks. A disk that has a boot
partition is called a boot disk or system disk.
43. Bad Blocks
• Since disks have moving parts and small tolerances, they are prone
to failure. Sometimes the failure is complete, and the disk needs
to be replaced, and its contents restored from backup media to
the new disk.
• More frequently, one or more sectors become defective. Most
disks even come from the factory with bad blocks. Depending on
the disk and controller in use, these blocks are handled in a
variety of ways.
44. Bad Blocks
• The controller maintains a list of bad blocks on the disk. The list is
initialized during the low-level format at the factory and is
updated over the life of the disk. The controller can be told to
replace each bad sector logically with one of the spare sectors.
This scheme is known as sector sparing or forwarding.
45. Swap-Space Management
• Swapping is a memory management technique used in multi-
programming to increase the number of process sharing the CPU.
It is a technique of removing a process from main memory and
storing it into secondary memory, and then bringing it back into
main memory for continued execution. This action of moving a
process out from main memory to secondary memory is called
Swap Out and the action of moving a process out from secondary
memory to main memory is called Swap In.
46. Swap-Space Management
• Swap-Space :
• The area on the disk where the swapped out processes are stored
is called swap space.
• A swap space can reside in one of the two places –
• Normal file system
• Separate disk partition
47. An Example –
• The traditional UNIX kernel started with an implementation of
swapping that copied entire process between contiguous disk
regions and memory. UNIX later evolve to a combination of
swapping and paging as paging hardware became available. In
Solaris, the designers changed standard UNIX methods to improve
efficiency. More changes were made in later versions of Solaris, to
improve the efficiency.
• Linux is almost similar to Solaris system. In both the systems the
swap space is used only for anonymous memory, it is that kind of
memory which is not backed by any file. In the Linux system, one or
more swap areas are allowed to be established. A swap area may
be in either in a swap file on a regular file system or a dedicated file
partition.
48.
49. Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
• Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) is a set of several
physical disk drives that Operating System see as a single logical
unit. It played a significant role in narrowing the gap between
increasingly fast processors and slow disk drives.
• The basic principle behind RAID is that several smaller-capacity
disk drives are better in performance than some large-capacity
disk drives because through distributing the data among several
smaller disks, the system can access data from them faster,
resulting in improved I/O performance and improved data
recovery in case of disk failure.
51. Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
• A typical disk array configuration consists of small disk drives connected
to a controller housing the software and coordinating the transfer of
data in the disks to a large capacity disk connected to I/O subsystem.
• Note that this whole configuration is viewed as a single large-capacity
disk by the OS.
• Data is divided into segments called strips, which are distributed across
the disks in the array.
• A set of consecutive strips across the disks is called a stripe.
• The whole process is called striping.
52. Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
• The whole system of RAID is divided in seven levels from level 0 to
level 6. Here, the level does not indicate hierarchy, but indicate
different types of configurations and error correction capabilities.
• Level0 :
RAID level 0 is the only level that cannot recover from hardware failure, as it
doesn’t provide error correction or redundancy.
• Level1 :
RAID level 1 not only uses the process of striping, but also uses mirrored
configuration by providing redundancy, i.e., it creates a duplicate set of all the
data in a mirrored array of disks, which as a backup in case of hardware
failure.
53. Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
• Level2 :
RAID level 2 makes the use of very small strips (often of the size of 1 byte) and
a hamming code to provide redundancy (for the task of error detection,
correction, etc.).
Hamming Code : It is an algorithm used for error detection and correction when
the data is being transferred. It adds extra, redundant bits to the data. It is able to
correct single-bit errors and correct double-bit errors.
• Level3 :
RAID level 3 is a configuration that only needs one disk for redundancy. Only one
parity bit is computed for each strip and is stored in designated redundant disk.
If a drive malfunctions, the RAID controller considers all the bits coming from that
disk to be 0 and notes the location of that malfunctioning disk. So, if the data
being read has a parity error, then the controller knows that the bit should be 1
and corrects it.
54. Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
• Level4 :
RAID level 4 uses the same concept used in level 0 & level 1, but also
computes a parity for each strip and stores this parity in the corresponding
strip of the parity disk.
The advantage of this configuration is that if a disk fails, the data can be still
recovered from the parity disk.
• Level 5 :
• RAID level 5 is a modification level 4. In level 4, only one disk is designated
for parity storing parities. But in level 5, it distributes the parity disks across
the disks in the array.
55. Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
• Level6 :
RAID level 6 provides an extra degree of error detection and correction. It
requires 2 different parity calculations.
One calculation is the same as the one used level 4 and 5, other calculation
is an independent data-check algorithm. Both the parities are stored on
separate disks across the array, which corresponds to the data strips in the
array.