TY - JOUR
T1 - Mos
T2 - A multicomputer distributed operating system
AU - Barak, Amnon
AU - Litman, Ami
PY - 1985/8
Y1 - 1985/8
N2 - This paper describes the goals and the internal structure of MOS, a Multicomputer distributed Operating System. MOS is a general‐purpose time‐sharing operating system which makes a cluster of loosely connected independent homogeneous computers behave as a single‐machine UNIX system. The main goals of the system include network transparency, decentralized control, site autonomy and dynamic process migration. The main objective in the design of the system was to reduce the complexity of the system, while maintaining good performance. The internal structure of the system can be characterized by modularity, a high degree of information hiding, hierarchical organization and remote procedure calls.
AB - This paper describes the goals and the internal structure of MOS, a Multicomputer distributed Operating System. MOS is a general‐purpose time‐sharing operating system which makes a cluster of loosely connected independent homogeneous computers behave as a single‐machine UNIX system. The main goals of the system include network transparency, decentralized control, site autonomy and dynamic process migration. The main objective in the design of the system was to reduce the complexity of the system, while maintaining good performance. The internal structure of the system can be characterized by modularity, a high degree of information hiding, hierarchical organization and remote procedure calls.
KW - Decentralized control
KW - Distributed operating system
KW - Network transparency
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0022113455&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/spe.4380150802
DO - 10.1002/spe.4380150802
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AN - SCOPUS:0022113455
SN - 0038-0644
VL - 15
SP - 725
EP - 737
JO - Software - Practice and Experience
JF - Software - Practice and Experience
IS - 8
ER -