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Program 1 Distributed System Resource Sharing

This document summarizes how to share resources in a distributed system. It discusses sharing data by creating a shared folder, sharing drives by enabling sharing permissions, and sharing devices by connecting and enabling sharing of printers. The key steps are to right click the resource, select sharing and security options, check the share on network box, and apply the changes to make the resource available on the network.

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Program 1 Distributed System Resource Sharing

This document summarizes how to share resources in a distributed system. It discusses sharing data by creating a shared folder, sharing drives by enabling sharing permissions, and sharing devices by connecting and enabling sharing of printers. The key steps are to right click the resource, select sharing and security options, check the share on network box, and apply the changes to make the resource available on the network.

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PROGRAM 1

DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM RESOURCE SHARING


Distributed system is one in which hardware and software components located at
networked computers communicate and coordinate their actions only by passing
messages.

RESOURCE SHARING

Sharing of resources on a same network. We generally share hardware components such


as printers, data resources such as files, and resources with more specific functionally
such as search engines. There are three types of resource sharing

• Sharing of data

• Sharing of device

• Sharing of drive

For Resource Sharing we should get permission of some administrator

SHARING OF DATA

Steps to Share data

• Create new folder on desktop


• Name that folder , now right click on that folder choose option sharing and
security

• After clicking on sharing and security ,small window will open there check that
box where is written Share this folder on the network then click Apply and then
OK
• After these steps folder will look like this as shown Below

It means folder is shared.


SHARING OF DRIVE

Steps for Sharing of drive are:

• Choose one drive as drive D ,Right click on it choose option sharing and
security then window will open as shown below click on that blue line
then apply and then ok

• After that new window will open again as shown below

Now, check that box where is written share this folder on the network

Then Apply and OK


• Folder will look like this as shown below after completing above steps

This means drive is shared


SHARING OF DEVICE
For sharing of drive following steps are followed

• Go in the run option write IP address of that system where device is connected ex:
printer then enter, window will open of that system. Now right click on the name
of printer choose option connect then window will open as shown below

Click OK

• Go on start menu choose printers and faxes


• After clicking on printers and faxes window will open as shown below
Now right click on Microsoft XPS Document Writer choose option Sharing
• After clicking shown window will open and choose option share this printer
And then Apply and then OK.

• then device will look like as shown below

This shows that device is shared

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