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πŸ“ Wide-area networks in Distributed Systems

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πŸ”„ Last updated: 2026-07-27

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Q1. What is the definition of process migration in a distributed computing environment?

πŸ”Ή A. Transferring data files from one server to another
πŸ”Ή B. Moving an executing process or its parts from one host to another to continue execution
πŸ”Ή C. Duplicating a process on multiple machines simultaneously
πŸ”Ή D. Shutting down a process after completion

πŸ’‘ Difficulty: easy | βœ… Correct: B

Q2. A research lab needs to run a large‑scale simulation that requires an array processor unavailable locally. Which migration approach should they use?

πŸ”Ή A. Implicit migration handled automatically by the system
πŸ”Ή B. Explicit migration specified by the user
πŸ”Ή C. No migration; they must wait for hardware upgrade
πŸ”Ή D. Hybrid migration combining both methods

πŸ’‘ Difficulty: medium | βœ… Correct: C

Q3. A multinational corporation must process large datasets originating from Europe, but its compute cluster is in Asia. Bandwidth is limited, and latency is high. Which migration decision best balances performance and network cost?

πŸ”Ή A. Migrate the entire dataset to Asia and run locally
πŸ”Ή B. Migrate the process to Europe and execute near the data
πŸ”Ή C. Split the data evenly between both continents
πŸ”Ή D. Do not migrate; process data sequentially on the original site

πŸ’‘ Difficulty: hard | βœ… Correct: A

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