A distributed operating system for a workstation environment

Author

Carson, John H.

Author_Institution

Software Productivity Consortium, Reston, VA, USA

fYear

1988

Firstpage

213

Lastpage

217

Abstract

A distributed processing operating system for software development is presented; it uses the Sun Network File System (NFS) and the Apollo Network Computing System (NCS). This system allows the transparent remote execution of processes. Local and remote agents are constructed for each program which is to be run remotely. The agents then coordinate, using NCS, the remote execution of the process. NFS is used to provide remote file access. The selection of the target host processor is made with the assistance of the DYNABASE network administration utility

Keywords

engineering workstations; local area networks; network operating systems; programming environments; Apollo Network Computing System; DYNABASE network administration utility; Sun Network File System; distributed operating system; local hosts; remote agents; remote file access; target host processor selection; transparent remote execution; workstation; Computer aided software engineering; Computer networks; Embedded software; File systems; Operating systems; Productivity; Protection; Software performance; Sun; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers and Communications, 1988. Conference Proceedings., Seventh Annual International Phoenix Conference on

Conference_Location

Scottsdale, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0830-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCCC.1988.10073

Filename

10073